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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Allsops

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Allsop at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Allsopp. 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 Allsops lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    950 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A G Allsop, widow of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: stanley court at 920 and T R Lloyd at 956. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5609 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A Allsopp, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Miller at 5629. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2340 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Rev J Edwin Allsopp, a pastor at the St Matthews Anglican Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: L O McCarter at 2338. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3546 Triumph Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Allsopp, a shipper at Cope & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Knox at 3540 and F J Bigmore at 3560. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2510 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • H Allsop, a driver at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Hudson at 2504 and W P Kearns at 2514. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver, a laborer, a pastor and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 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 Mrs A G Allsop at 950 Bidwell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alice G Allsop there as the householder, widow of C. In 1940 the directory lists A Allsopp at 5609 Chester Street; 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 Archibald Allsopp there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Rev J Edwin Allsopp at 2340 Dunbar Street, a pastor at the St Matthews Anglican Church. W Allsopp is listed at 3546 Triumph Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Allsopp there as the householder, a shipper at Cope & Son.

H Allsop is listed at 2510 Turner Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry Allsop there as the householder, a driver at McGavin.

Today

5609 Chester, 2340 Dunbar, 3546 Triumph and 2510 Turner still have their buildings from before 1946; 950 Bidwell (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.