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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Salts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at eight addresses

The directories print eight people named Salt at eight 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.

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Where the Salts 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

    1050 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Norman Salt, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H McCallum at 1042 and T J Jones at 1052. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1135 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • Salt (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Hallam at 1133 and Mrs E McDougall at 1149. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1000 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Daisy D Salt 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Robertson at 1008. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2228 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T Salt 1940

    Next door in 1940: F L Coltart at 2220 and J Woods at 2236. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    670 North Slocan Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • George Salt, a plumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: H K Major at 640 and T Lord at 680. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    536 Prior Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A F Salt 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 532 and C Stefani at 544. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3530 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A C Salt 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O Gill at 3522 and F W Denton at 3538. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2819 West 43rd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E C P Salt 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E MacMillan at 2827. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the eight: a driver and a plumber.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale and Strathcona. 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 Norman Salt at 1050 Alberni Street, a driver. The 1940 name section lists Salt (no first name printed) at 1135 Beach Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Daisy D Salt at 1000 Denman Street. T Salt is listed at 2228 Kitchener Street 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 George Salt at 670 North Slocan Street, a plumber. The 1940 name section lists A F Salt at 536 Prior Street. In 1940 the directory lists A C Salt at 3530 West 30th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. E C P Salt is listed at 2819 West 43rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

670 North Slocan still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1050 Alberni (1988), 2228 Kitchener (2001), 536 Prior (1992) and 2819 West 43rd (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1135 Beach, 1000 Denman and 3530 West 30th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Salts

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.