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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Aitkenses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Aitkens at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Atkens. 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 Aitkenses 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

    6057 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Albert Aitkens 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Barber at 6031 and Mrs B Tinson at 6069. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3341 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R J Atkens, a route foreman at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Williamson at 3335 and T E Richardson at 3345. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3455 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F C Aitkens, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Morris at 3441 and I L Phillips at 3463. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1459 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Aitkens, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Bren at 1455 and Mrs M Fraser at 1461. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1875 Yew Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E G Aitkens, a shipper at Frisco Importing 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Golden at 1831. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cook, an on active service, a route foreman and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Downtown and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Albert Aitkens at 6057 Victoria Drive. R J Atkens is listed at 3341 West 11th Avenue 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 Ross J Atkens there as the householder, a route foreman at Jersey Farms.

F C Aitkens is listed at 3455 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Francis C Aitkens there as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Aitkens at 1459 West Georgia Street, a cook.

In 1940 the directory lists E G Aitkens at 1875 Yew Street. The 1940 name section lists Ernest G Aitkens there as the householder, a shipper at Frisco Importing.

Today

3341 West 11th and 3455 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; 6057 Victoria Drive (1977) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1459 West Georgia and 1875 Yew, 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

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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.