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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Halpins

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Halpin 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 Halpins 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

    1728 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A D Halpin, widow of H W 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Gray at 1724 and J Newcomen at 1732. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1327 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • S J Halpin, an accountant 1940
    • Louise F Halpin, a stenographer at the BC Mutual Benefit Association 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Cameron at 1325 and Miss M Gordon at 1329. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1615 Trafalgar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss M F Halpin 1940
    • Muriel F Halpin, a stenographer at Bell, Macnaghten & Munn 1940
  4. 4

    2307 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs E L Halpin, widow of J H 1940
    • Elsa J Halpin 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Parker at 2331. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a stenographer (2) and an accountant. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Kerrisdale 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

In August 1926 Mrs A D Halpin took out the permit to build a house at 1728 Alberni Street. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A D Halpin at 1728 Alberni Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Anne D Halpin there as the householder, widow of H W.

In 1940 the directory lists S J Halpin at 1327 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Stopford J Halpin there as the householder, an accountant, with Louise F Halpin, a stenographer at the BC Mutual Benefit Association. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M F Halpin at 1615 Trafalgar Street. The 1940 name section lists Muriel F Halpin there as the householder, a stenographer at Bell, Macnaghten & Munn.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E L Halpin at 2307 West 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Emily L Halpin there as the householder, widow of J H, with Elsa J Halpin.

Today

1615 Trafalgar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 2307 West 45th (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1327 Barclay, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 1728 Alberni, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton, under its rows of boulevard trees
1925 Barclay Street between Jervis and Broughton, under its rows of boulevard trees. Taken on the 1300 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1327 Barclay. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-5. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.