Imelda Halligan
Toronto Daily Star, April 4 1930
I'm still astonished that the paper would regularly publish the addresses of the people whose portraits they printed. Needless to say, this would not happen nowadays. But it did give me the opportunity to trace Ms. Halligan in the Toronto city directories.
She first appears in the 1929 directory as "Meldah Halligan". There's also a John C. Halligan at 28 Chicora Avenue; I assume that this was her father. The city directory had trouble with Ms. Halligan's first name: between 1929 and 1932, she was referred to as Meldah, Imelda, and Amelda.
She does not appear in the 1933 directory - presumably, she got married. It looks like 28 Chicora Avenue still stands - it seems to be a nice-looking house.
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