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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Allans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Allan at three addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    104 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • William Allan, who worked for Hughes Tile 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Johnson at 112. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1405 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J D Allan 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Volins at 1411. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1695 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M A Allan, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs U Baker at 1685. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 William Allan at 104 West 11th Avenue, who worked for Hughes Tile. J D Allan is listed at 1405 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J D Allan there as the householder.

Mrs M A Allan is listed at 1695 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Allan there as the householder, widow of R.

Today

104 West 11th, 1405 West 11th and 1695 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946, 104 West 11th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 5 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

The book of the Allans

Every directory, as one book

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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.