A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Allans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Allan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 21st 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: three Allans at 3974 West 21st in 1940. The directories print the name on 76 other streets too, all listed on the Allan name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Allans lived
- 1
905 West 21st Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Annie Allan, widow of D S 1940
Next door in 1940: F B Girling at 911. The block, door by door
- 2
3974 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss E N Allan 1940
- Elizabeth N Allan, a school teacher 1940
- John M Allan, proprietor of Artcraft Furniture 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Humphreys at 3970 and A F Crawford at 3984. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a proprietor and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 Annie Allan at 905 West 21st Avenue, widow of D S. Miss E N Allan is listed at 3974 West 21st Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Elizabeth N Allan there as the householder, a school teacher, with John M Allan, proprietor of Artcraft Furniture.
Today
3974 West 21st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1939 by the City's record; 905 West 21st (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Allan Annie wid D S905 West 21st, p. 8
- *Allan Miss E N3974 West 21st, p. 233
- Allan Eliz N sch tchr Van City3974 West 21st, p. 8
- Allan John M prop Artcraft Furn3974 West 21st, p. 8
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.