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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Allens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Allen at three addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Allens at 956 West 14th in 1940. 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

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

    956 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F G Allen, retired 1940
    • Mabel D Allen, a school supervisor at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Maude A Allen, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Hamilton at 954 and A Finkel at 966. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1416 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Allen, a salesman at Ker & Ker 1940
    • Kathleen L Allen, a stenographer for E A Morris 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Jenkins at 1414 and H F Jones at 1420. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3036 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E M Allen, a shipper at Bapco 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Stewart at 3028 and Mrs J Grieve at 3042. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a salesman, a school supervisor, a school teacher, a shipper and a stenographer. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano. 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 F G Allen at 956 West 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Francis G Allen there as the householder, retired, with Mabel D Allen, a school supervisor at the City of Vancouver, and Maude A Allen, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists A Allen at 1416 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Allen there as the householder, a salesman at Ker & Ker, with Kathleen L Allen, a stenographer for E A Morris.

In 1940 the directory lists E M Allen at 3036 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest M Allen there as the householder, a shipper at Bapco.

Today

3036 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 956 West 14th and 1416 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.