A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Manns
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Mann at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue, with the close spelling Man. 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 Mann name's own page.
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Where the Manns lived
- 1
1315 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- A R Mann 1940
Next door in 1940: valdimir (the) at 1305 and Shaughnessy Crescent at 1325. The block, door by door
- 2
1487 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J Mann, a manager at Shaughnessy Mansions 1940
Next door in 1940: shaughnessy mansions at 1483. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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 A R Mann at 1315 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur R Mann there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J Mann at 1487 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Mann there as the householder, a manager at Shaughnessy Mansions.
Today
1315 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1487 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Mann A R1315 West 15th, p. 219
- Mann Arth R1315 West 15th, p. 409
- Mann J1487 West 15th, p. 219
- Mann Jos mgr Shaugh Mansions1487 West 15th, p. 409
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Manns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mann 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.