A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Buchanans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Buchanan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Buchanans at 2014 West 5th in 1940. 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
1416 West 5th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- D D Buchanan, a floor finisher 1940
Next door in 1940: B B Hegre at 1402 and Mrs E Sims at 1424. The block, door by door
- 2
2014 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- D Buchanan, a porter at Spencer's 1940
- Margaret L Buchanan, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
- Thelma J Buchanan, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: F T Mousley at 2016. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk, a floor finisher, a porter and a saleswoman. Three of them worked for Spencer's.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 D Buchanan at 1416 West 5th 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 D Buchanan there as the householder, a floor finisher. In 1940 the directory lists D Buchanan at 2014 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don Buchanan there as the householder, a porter at Spencer's, with Margaret L Buchanan, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and Thelma J Buchanan, a clerk at Spencer's.
Today
2014 West 5th (1958) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1416 West 5th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Buchanan D D1416 West 5th, p. 184
- Buchanan Danl D fl fnshr1416 West 5th, p. 77
- Buchanan D2014 West 5th, p. 185
- Buchanan Don porter Spencers2014 West 5th, p. 77
- Buchanan Margt L slswm Spencers2014 West 5th, p. 77
- Buchanan Thelma J clk Spencers2014 West 5th, 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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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.