A family name on Elgin Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Sunset
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 Elgin Street. 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: three Allans at 4236 Elgin 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
Cedar Cottage
- 1
4236 Elgin Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- P Allan, a helper at British Meat Packers 1940
- Agnes L Allan, a clerk at the BC Telephone 1940
- Don S Allan, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: G Miller at 4222 and C T K Nielsen at 4260. The block, door by door
- 2
4811 Elgin Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs H L Allan, widow of G K 1940
- Allison L Allan 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M E J Anderson at 4817. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a helper and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 P Allan at 4236 Elgin Street; 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 Peter Allan there as the householder, a laborer at Vancouver & District Joint Sewerage, with Peter M Allan, a helper at British Meat Packers, Agnes L Allan, a clerk at the BC Telephone, and Don S Allan, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H L Allan at 4811 Elgin Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Helen L Allan there as the householder, widow of G K, with Allison L Allan.
Today
4236 Elgin (1992) and 4811 Elgin (2016) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Allan P4236 Elgin, p. 48
- Allan Agnes L clk BC Tel4236 Elgin, p. 8
- Allan Don S sch tchr4236 Elgin, p. 8
- Allan Peter lab Van & Dist Joint Sewerage4236 Elgin, p. 8
- Allan Peter M hlpr British Meat Pkrs4236 Elgin, p. 8
- *Allan Mrs H L4811 Elgin, p. 48
- Allan Allison L4811 Elgin, p. 8
- Allan Helen L wid G K4811 Elgin, p. 8
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.