A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 5th 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
- 1
458 West 5th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John Allen, a fireman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: White & Taylor at 448. The block, door by door
- 2
2335 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Violet B Allen, a housekeeper for A W McCordick 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Stevens at 2325 and Miss B Leonard at 2345. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a fireman and a housekeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 John Allen at 458 West 5th Avenue, a fireman at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Violet B Allen at 2335 West 5th Avenue, a housekeeper for A W McCordick.
Today
The City no longer lists 458 West 5th and 2335 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Allen John firmn Woodwards458 West 5th, p. 9
- Allen Violet B hsekpr A W McCordick2335 West 5th, p. 10
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.