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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Halpennys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Halpenny 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.

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Where the Halpennys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1362 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Sarah Halpenny 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E Hall at 1356. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    156 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F Halpenny, a cleaner at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • Ralph B Halpenny, an operator at Spear & Jackson 1940

    Next door in 1940: O K Kion at 142 and Mrs M McIntyre at 170. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    730 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alex Halpenny, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Auto Wreckers at 700 and Mrs K Graves at 734. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    839 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss J Halpenny 1940
    • Julia Halpenny, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Acad of Useful Arts at 835 and Mrs M Erickson at 845. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a cleaner, a fireman, an operator and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Riley Park and West End. 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 Sarah Halpenny at 1362 Comox Street. F Halpenny is listed at 156 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; 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 Frederick Halpenny there as the householder, a cleaner at the Hudson's Bay Company, with Ralph B Halpenny, an operator at Spear & Jackson. The 1940 name section lists Alex Halpenny at 730 Helmcken Street, a fireman.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss J Halpenny at 839 West Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Julia Halpenny there as the householder, a saleswoman.

Today

156 East 22nd (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1362 Comox, 730 Helmcken and 839 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Halpennys

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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.