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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Allans

In the city directories 1940 · 98 addresses on 77 streets

The directories print the Allan name at 98 addresses on 77 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Allans lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End18 addresses
  2. Kitsilano10 addresses
  3. Fairview8 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant8 addresses
  5. Downtown7 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland7 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  10. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  11. West Point Grey5 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  13. Strathcona3 addresses
  14. Riley Park2 addresses
  15. South Cambie2 addresses
  16. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  17. Marpole1 address
  18. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Angus DriveThree addresses in Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale and Marpole; five people: O B Allan, G W Allan and E Patricia Allan, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    Davie StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: J Allan, F T Allan and Kathleen M Allan
    1940
  3. 3
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; three people: J D Allan, Mrs M A Allan and William Allan
    1940
  4. 4
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: A H Allan, Elizabeth Allan and Marjorie E Allan
    1940
  5. 5
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: E Allan and John Allan
    1940
  6. 6
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Jessie Allan, Kath Allan and Lillian Allan
    1940
  7. 7
    East 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: W McF Allan, Ernest McF Allan and Frederick H Allan, and two more
    1940
  8. 8
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: J A Allan, Elizabeth Allan and Warren H Allan
    1940
  9. 9
    Elgin StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: P Allan, Mrs H L Allan and Agnes L Allan, and two more
    1940
  10. 10
    Nicola StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: W S Allan, Mrs M Allan and Russell Allan
    1940
  11. 11
    Parker StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: H F Allan, Ernest C Allan and Margaret J Allan
    1940
  12. 12
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: R Allan and Georgina Allan
    1940

65 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Bute Street (1), Churchill Street (1), Clark Drive (1), Columbia Street (1), Crown Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Frances Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), McGill Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Osler Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (2), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (2), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 98 addresses, 34 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 21 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 42; each street's page names them.

The book of the Allans

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under A. Want a name removed? Tell us.