A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Atkinsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Atkinson at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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 64 other streets too, all listed on the Atkinson name's own page.
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Where the Atkinsons lived
- 1
334 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mabel S Atkinson, widow of W J 1940
Next door in 1940: G Wilby at 324 and Miss E Atkins at 344. The block, door by door
- 2
3333 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- John H Atkinson, a salesman at Turner Meakin 1940
Next door in 1940: P E Doyle at 3345. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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 Mabel S Atkinson at 334 West 14th Avenue, widow of W J. The 1940 name section lists John H Atkinson at 3333 West 14th Avenue, a salesman at Turner Meakin.
Today
334 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3333 West 14th (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Atkinson Mabel S wid W J334 West 14th, p. 22
- Atkinson John H slsmn Turner Meakin3333 West 14th, p. 22
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Atkinsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Atkinson 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.