A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Allens
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Allen at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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 107 other streets too, all listed on the Allen name's own page.
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Where the Allens lived
- 1
435 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Elizabeth Allen, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: N F Corbett at 425 and H F Orr at 445. The block, door by door
- 2
1355 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- James Allen 1940
Next door in 1940: M R Dexter at 1345 and M C Chisholm at 1365. The block, door by door
- 3
4650 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G G Allen, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
Next door in 1940: D M McLean at 4640 and J Byrom at 4656. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Elizabeth Allen at 435 West 13th Avenue, an operator at the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists James Allen at 1355 West 13th Avenue. In 1940 the directory lists G G Allen at 4650 West 13th Avenue; 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 G Gordon Allen there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office.
Today
435 West 13th and 4650 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1355 West 13th (1961) 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.
- Allen Eliz opr BC Tel435 West 13th, p. 9
- Allen Jas1355 West 13th, p. 9
- *Allen G G4650 West 13th, p. 214
- Allen G Gordon clk PO4650 West 13th, p. 9
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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: 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.