A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ahos
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Aho 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.
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Where the Ahos lived
- 1
1146 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Lillian Aho, a telephone operator at the Georgia Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: C Tame at 1140 and J B Kay at 1150. The block, door by door
- 2
3345 Parker Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- E Aho, a piler at Canadian White Pine 1940
Next door in 1940: M Masuda at 3333 and E Wainio at 3367. The block, door by door
- 3
1434 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Helvie Aho, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation 1940
Next door in 1940: M Darnborough at 1424 and J H Crighton at 1446. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a piler, a school teacher and a telephone operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise and West End. 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 Lillian Aho at 1146 Comox Street, a telephone operator at the Georgia Hotel. E Aho is listed at 3345 Parker 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 Eli Aho there as the householder, a piler at Canadian White Pine. The 1940 name section lists Helvie Aho at 1434 West 13th Avenue, a school teacher at the Burnaby Corporation.
Today
1146 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3345 Parker (2019) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1434 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Aho Lillian tel opr Georgia Hotel1146 Comox, p. 5
- *Aho E3345 Parker, p. 126
- Aho Eli piler Can White Pine3345 Parker, p. 5
- Aho Helvie sch tchr Bby Corpn1434 West 13th, p. 5
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Ahos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Aho name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.