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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Hallings

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Halling at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Hallings at 3107 West 32nd in 1940.

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Where the Hallings lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1175 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • M Jane Halling, a maid at Lynwood Boarding House 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M K Milliken at 1165 and 11 listings at 1185. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1661 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Arthur J Halling, a blocker for C Korsch 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Collier at 1649 and Miss M G Doheny at 1663. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3107 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W A Halling, a superintendent at Spear & Jackson 1940
    • Ethelwyn Halling 1940
    • Freda W Halling, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • May Halling, widow of J A 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Helm at 3125. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1920 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A J Halling, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Mori at 1918 and H Bateman at 1932. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a blocker, a clerk, a driver, a maid and a superintendent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists M Jane Halling at 1175 Haro Street, a maid at Lynwood Boarding House. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Halling at 1661 Nelson Street, a blocker for C Korsch. In 1940 the directory lists W A Halling at 3107 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Wilfred A Halling there as the householder, a superintendent at Spear & Jackson, with Ethelwyn Halling, Freda W Halling, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company, and May Halling, widow of J A.

In 1940 the directory lists A J Halling at 1920 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Halling there as the householder, a driver.

Today

1175 Haro (1967) and 3107 West 32nd (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1661 Nelson and 1920 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under H. Want a name removed? Tell us.