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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Halsteads

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Halstead at three 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 Halsteads at 2218 West 8th in 1940.

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Where the Halsteads 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

    1831 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C H Halstead, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Hetherington at 1829 and Mrs H E Griffiths at 1845. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5008 Pine Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • F H Halstead 1940

    Next door in 1940: H M Mills at 5026. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2218 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • B L Halstead, retired 1940
    • Ernest B L Halstead, a clerk 1940
    • Gladys W Halstead, a stenographer 1940
    • Herbert Halstead, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Powell at 2212 and W Killip at 2226. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk (2), an assistant and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Shaughnessy. 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 1940 the directory lists C H Halstead at 1831 East 7th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles H Halstead there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists F H Halstead at 5008 Pine Crescent; the 1940 line is marked * too.

B L Halstead is listed at 2218 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bertram L Halstead there as the householder, retired, with Ernest B L Halstead, a clerk, Gladys W Halstead, a stenographer, and Herbert Halstead, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library.

Today

1831 East 7th (2004) and 5008 Pine Crescent (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2218 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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.