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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Heals

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at six addresses

The directories print nine people named Heal at six addresses in 1940 in six 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: three Heals at 2979 West 28th in 1940.

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Where the Heals 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

    2495 East 29th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • S H Heal, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Honibal at 2489. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1959 East 61st Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • H J Heal, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: C V Norton at 1927. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3030 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • H H Heal, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Lobb at 3026 and Band Box (The) at 3036. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1335 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • H H Heal, a dentist 1940
    • Maria B Heal, widow of J B 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Koenigsberg at 1307 and W S Day at 1349. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2979 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss G M Heal 1940
    • Gertrude M Heal, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • A Marie Heal, widow of D C 1940

    Next door in 1940: L V Kelly at 2971 and T J Patton at 2983. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Heal, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a dentist, an employee, a laborer, a mechanic and a painter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Renfrew-Collingwood, Shaughnessy and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 S H Heal at 2495 East 29th 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 Steph H Heal there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists H J Heal at 1959 East 61st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Horace J Heal there as the householder, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

In 1940 the directory lists H H Heal, a dentist, at 3030 Granville Street. H H Heal is listed at 1335 Nanton Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists H Harcourt Heal there as the householder, a dentist, with Maria B Heal, widow of J B.

Miss G M Heal is listed at 2979 West 28th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Gertrude M Heal there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone, with A Marie Heal, widow of D C. The 1940 name section lists F Heal at 1025 West Pender Street, a mechanic.

Today

2495 East 29th, 1959 East 61st, 1335 Nanton and 2979 West 28th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 3030 Granville and 1025 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.