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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mohans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Mohan at six addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Mohans 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

    1249 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Mohan, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: edwood apts at 1245 and T H Stringer at 1257. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1823 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Mohan, a laborer at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Popolo at 1821 and J E Baker at 1825. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2243 Oxford Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Wilfred Mohan, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M L Woollacott at 2239 and Mrs E M McKenzie at 2247. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    530 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T Mohan, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Palmu at 520 and W W Middler at 546. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1616 Semlin Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T Mohan, a laborer at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Takeuchi at 1610 and W Wilkinson at 1620. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    347 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frank Mohan, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dom Conf at 345 and Docker's Mens Wear at 353. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a laborer (3), a carpenter, a mechanic and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (4), Downtown and Strathcona. 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 Mohan at 1249 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Mohan there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists A Mohan at 1823 Franklin Street; 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 Anthony Mohan there as the householder, a laborer at Buckerfield's.

The 1940 name section lists Wilfred Mohan at 2243 Oxford Street, a mechanic. T Mohan is listed at 530 Salsbury Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Mohan there as the householder, a laborer.

T Mohan is listed at 1616 Semlin Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Mohan there as the householder, a laborer at the Vancouver Parks Board. The 1940 name section lists Frank Mohan at 347 West Pender Street, a waiter.

Today

2243 Oxford and 1616 Semlin Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1249 East Pender, 1823 Franklin and 530 Salsbury Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 347 West Pender, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 1249 East Pender: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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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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.