A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mullans
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Mullan at three 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. The most under one roof: three Mullans at 1325 Pendrell in 1940.
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Where the Mullans lived
- 1
1325 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- Miss L H Mullan 1940
- Lucy H Mullan, a stenographer at the Bank of Nova Scotia 1940
- Agnes Mullan 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss S Gibson at 1331. The block, door by door
- 2
5051 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- W T Mullan, a driver at McCormick-Deering Implements 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss K French at 5037 and G A De Gear at 5079. The block, door by door
- 3
1316 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Sarah Mullan, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Forester at 1304 and Miss W Ney at 1330. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, a nurse and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Riley Park and West End. 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 Miss L H Mullan at 1325 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lucy H Mullan there as the householder, a stenographer at the Bank of Nova Scotia, with Agnes Mullan. In 1940 the directory lists W T Mullan at 5051 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section lists William T Mullan there as the householder, a driver at McCormick-Deering Implements.
The 1940 name section lists Sarah Mullan at 1316 West 14th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
1325 Pendrell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 1316 West 14th (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5051 Quebec, 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.
- Mullan Miss L H1325 Pendrell, p. 132
- Mullan Agnes1325 Pendrell, p. 447
- Mullan Lucy H sten Bk of NS1325 Pendrell, p. 447
- Mullan W T5051 Quebec, p. 138
- Mullan Wm T drvr McCormick-Deering Implts5051 Quebec, p. 447
- Mullan Sarah nurse Van Genl Hosp1316 West 14th, p. 447
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.