A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Allans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Allan at two addresses in 1940, all on Parker Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. 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
Woodland
- 1
1410 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- H F Allan, a waiter at the CPR 1940
- Margaret J Allan, a waitress at the Park View Tea Rooms 1940
Next door in 1940: G Gagnon at 1404 and H R Helmer at 1416. The block, door by door
- 2
1523 Parker Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Ernest C Allan, a laundryman 1940
Next door in 1940: J Eldridge at 1517 and A H Meakin at 1529. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a laundryman, a waiter and a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 H F Allan at 1410 Parker 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 Harry F Allan there as the householder, a waiter at the CPR, with Margaret J Allan, a waitress at the Park View Tea Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Ernest C Allan at 1523 Parker Street, a laundryman.
Today
1410 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1523 Parker, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Allan H F1410 Parker, p. 125
- Allan Harry F waiter CPR1410 Parker, p. 8
- Allan Margt J waitress Park View Tea Rooms1410 Parker, p. 8
- Allan Ernest C lndymn1523 Parker, 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.