A family name on West 8th 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 8th 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
1905 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- E L Allen, a machinist at Pumps & Power 1940
Next door in 1940: T V Brunt at 1925. The block, door by door
- 2
2175 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- P B Allen, an engineer at Pacific Veneer 1940
Next door in 1940: T Grace at 2165 and J M Hillis at 2185. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an engineer and a machinist.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 E L Allen at 1905 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edmund L Allen there as the householder, a machinist at Pumps & Power. The 1940 name section lists P B Allen at 2175 West 8th Avenue, an engineer at Pacific Veneer.
Today
The City no longer lists 1905 West 8th and 2175 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Allen E L1905 West 8th, p. 195
- Allen Edmund L mach Pumps & Power1905 West 8th, p. 9
- Allen P B eng Pac Veneer2175 West 8th, p. 9
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.