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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Allinsons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Allinson at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Allinsons 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

    920 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • W T Allinson, an agent at Confederation Life 1940
    • Virginia Allinson, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: cambridge apts at 950. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2782 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R J Allinson, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Anderson at 2774 and T Downie at 2792. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an agent, an engineer and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano and West End. 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 W T Allinson at 920 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William T Allinson there as the householder, an agent at Confederation Life, with Virginia Allinson, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists R J Allinson at 2782 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Reginald J Allinson there as the householder, an engineer.

Today

2782 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 920 Bidwell, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Allinsons

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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.