A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Allens
In the city directories 1940 · 140 addresses on 108 streets
The directories print the Allen name at 140 addresses on 108 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Allens lived
- West End14 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland13 addresses
- Mount Pleasant13 addresses
- Kitsilano12 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands11 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage11 addresses
- Downtown10 addresses
- Fairview8 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood8 addresses
- Riley Park8 addresses
- Marpole6 addresses
- Kerrisdale5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Strathcona4 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Oakridge2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Killarney1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West 10th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: F W Allen, Mrs B Allen, W M Allen and three more1940
- 2Shaughnessy StreetThree addresses in Marpole; three people: A Allen, P W Allen and R H Allen1940
- 3West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: G G Allen, Elizabeth Allen and James Allen1940
- 4West 14th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: A Allen, E M Allen, F G Allen and three more1940
- 5West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: L H Allen, Mrs M Allen and P A Allen1940
- 6West 4th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: Mrs E Allen, G A Allen and G A Allen1940
- 7Alexander StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; three people: A Allen, James Allen and John Allen1940
- 8Balkan StreetTwo addresses in Riley Park; three people: R W Allen, W J Allen and Lloyd R Allen1940
- 9Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: J R Allen and Marjorie Allen1940
- 10East 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: F J Allen, Mrs M A Allen and Frederick E Allen1940
- 11East 37th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs E Allen and W J Allen1940
- 12East BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Clinton A Allen and John V Allen1940
96 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Alberta Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Argyle Street (1), Atlin Street (1), Bayswater Street (1), Beach Avenue (1), Belmont Avenue (1), Blenheim Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dogwood Avenue (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Pender Street (2), Gilford Street (1), Glen Drive (2), Granville Street (2), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (2), Hemlock Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Hornby Street (2), Kerr Street (1), Kingsway (1), Main Street (1), Manor Street (2), Matthews Avenue (1), Nelson Street (2), Nicola Street (1), Odlum Drive (1), Ontario Street (1), Pandora Street (2), Parker Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Powell Street (2), Prince Albert Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Spruce Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (2), West 40th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (2), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West Georgia Street (1), William Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 140 addresses, 51 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 35 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 53; each street's page names them.
The book of the Allens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Allen 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under A. Want a name removed? Tell us.