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A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Allens

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Allen at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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

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

    1595 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G E Allen 1940

    Next door in 1940: oxford apts at 1585. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2758 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W D Allen 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Troughton at 2750 and W A Plummer at 2766. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview 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 G E Allen at 1595 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George E Allen there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists W D Allen at 2758 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William D Allen there as the householder.

Today

1595 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2758 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

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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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.