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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Allports

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

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

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Where the Allports 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

    1901 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • William Allport, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Ito at 1911. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3025 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H C Allport, an agent for Metro Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Campbell at 3007 and C T F Coy at 3041. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3676 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E Allport, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Barons at 3658 and W G Woodley at 3692. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an agent and a fireman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 William Allport at 1901 Powell Street, a fireman. H C Allport is listed at 3025 West 33rd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Henry C Allport there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life. The 1940 name section lists E Allport at 3676 West 37th Avenue, a widow.

Today

1901 Powell and 3025 West 33rd still have their buildings from before 1946; 3676 West 37th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Allports

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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.