A family name on East 23rd Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Allans
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Allan at two addresses in 1940, all on East 23rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Allans at 2044 East 23rd in 1940. The directories print the name on 76 other streets too, all listed on the Allan name's own page.
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Where the Allans lived
- 1
61 East 23rd Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Frederick H Allan, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: T J Lewis at 51 and G Milne at 75. The block, door by door
- 2
2044 East 23rd Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W McF Allan, a tailor 1940
- Ernest McF Allan, a tallyman at Canadian White Pine 1940
- Graham W Allan, a shipper at Spencer's 1940
- Isabel McF Allan 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Fordham at 2038 and N C McRitchie at 2052. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a shipper, a tailor and a tallyman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 Frederick H Allan at 61 East 23rd Avenue, a carpenter. W McF Allan is listed at 2044 East 23rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William McF Allan there as the householder, a tailor, with Ernest McF Allan, a tallyman at Canadian White Pine, Graham W Allan, a shipper at Spencer's, and Isabel McF Allan.
Today
2044 East 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 61 East 23rd (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Allan Fredk H carp61 East 23rd, p. 8
- Allan W McF2044 East 23rd, p. 237
- Allan Ernest McF tallymn Can White Pine2044 East 23rd, p. 8
- Allan Graham W shpr Spencers2044 East 23rd, p. 8
- Allan Isabel McF2044 East 23rd, p. 8
- Allan Wm McF tailor2044 East 23rd, p. 9
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Allans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Allan 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.