A family name on West 32nd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Buchanans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Buchanan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 32nd 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 40 other streets too, all listed on the Buchanan name's own page.
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Where the Buchanans lived
- 1
2722 West 32nd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- T Buchanan, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: W C Orchard at 2714 and J Cummins at 2736. The block, door by door
- 2
2850 West 32nd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- J Buchanan Jr, a roadman at American Can 1940
Next door in 1940: E D Grout at 2840 and R Diamond at 2864. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a roadman and a school janitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge (2). 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 T Buchanan at 2722 West 32nd 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Buchanan there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists J Buchanan Jr at 2850 West 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Buchanan Jr there as the householder, a roadman at American Can.
Today
2722 West 32nd (2017) and 2850 West 32nd (1985) have newer buildings, 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.
- *Buchanan T2722 West 32nd, p. 247
- Buchanan Thos sch jntr Van City2722 West 32nd, p. 77
- *Buchanan J Jr2850 West 32nd, p. 248
- Buchanan Jas Jr roadmn Am Can2850 West 32nd, p. 77
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Buchanans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Buchanan 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.