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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Atkinsons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Atkinson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 6th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    1428 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J A Atkinson, a helper at the Granville Auto Body Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hallgren at 1414 and F Dennis at 1434. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1942 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Atkinson, a laborer 1940
    • Bertram H Atkinson, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Kirby at 1936 and C T Gough at 1948. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4427 West 6th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A W Atkinson, a bookkeeper at Canadian Perm Trust 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Sang at 4415. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a bookkeeper, a clerk, a helper and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 J A Atkinson at 1428 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James A Atkinson there as the householder, a helper at Cedar Grove S & D, with John Atkinson, a helper at the Granville Auto Body Works. In 1940 the directory lists H Atkinson at 1942 West 6th Avenue; 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 Herbert Atkinson there as the householder, a laborer, with Bertram H Atkinson, a clerk at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists A W Atkinson at 4427 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Atkinson there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Canadian Perm Trust.

Today

1942 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; 1428 West 6th (2002) and 4427 West 6th (1973) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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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Every directory, as one book

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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.