Vancouver / Names / A / Aikman

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Aikmans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Aikman 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Aikmans 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

    733 East 24th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T T Aikman, a helper at the Little Sheet Metal Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: N McLeod at 739. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4409 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Bertha Aikman, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Robertson at 4429. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3790 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J C Aikman, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A MacLeod at 3780. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and an on active service.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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 T Aikman at 733 East 24th 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 Thomas T Aikman there as the householder, a carpenter, with Thomas T Aikman Jr, a helper at the Little Sheet Metal Works. The 1940 name section lists Bertha Aikman at 4409 Osler Street, a student.

J C Aikman is listed at 3790 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James C Aikman there as the householder, on active service.

Today

3790 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 4409 Osler (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 733 East 24th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Aikmans

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Aikman 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.