A family name on West 35th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Buchanans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Buchanan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 35th 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
1980 West 35th Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- D Buchanan, a dean at UBC 1940
- Margaret M Buchanan, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J H McKisack at 1972 and J D Robinson at 1986. The block, door by door
- 2
3514 West 35th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- George W Buchanan, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: F W Grant at 3504 and L C Scadding at 3522. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a dean and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 D Buchanan at 1980 West 35th 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 Daniel Buchanan there as the householder, a dean at UBC, with Margaret M Buchanan, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists George W Buchanan at 3514 West 35th Avenue, retired.
Today
1980 West 35th and 3514 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Buchanan D1980 West 35th, p. 251
- Buchanan Danl dean UBC1980 West 35th, p. 77
- Buchanan Margt M sch tchr Van City1980 West 35th, p. 77
- Buchanan Geo W retired3514 West 35th, 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.