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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Aickens

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Aicken at four 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 Aickens at 5790 Macdonald in 1940.

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Where the Aickens 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

    543 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • T J Aicken, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Leather Gds Burns at 541 and L C Fraser at 545. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5790 Macdonald Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J Aicken, a building contractor 1940
    • Ethel M Aicken, a dressmaker for Mrs L Armstrong 1940
    • Homer F Aicken, a carpenter 1940
    • Hugh W Aicken, a carpenter 1940
  3. 3

    4084 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Aicken Jr, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Daniel at 4076 and G MacLennan at 4090. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4068 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F P Aicken, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Coristine at 4058 and D W McDougald at 4078. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a carpenter (4), a building contractor and a dressmaker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Downtown and Kerrisdale. 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 T J Aicken, a manufacturers agent, at 543 Granville Street. J Aicken, a building contractor, is listed at 5790 Macdonald 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John Aicken there, a building contractor, with Ethel M Aicken, a dressmaker for Mrs L Armstrong, Homer F Aicken, a carpenter, and Hugh W Aicken, a carpenter.

J Aicken Jr is listed at 4084 West 31st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Aicken Jr there as the householder, a carpenter. F P Aicken is listed at 4068 West 32nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank P Aicken there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

4084 West 31st and 4068 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 543 Granville (1995) and 5790 Macdonald (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.