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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Mullens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Mullen at six addresses in 1940 in four 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 Mullens 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

    1322 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • H J Mullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Dickson at 1320 and Mrs I M Stewart at 1330. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1110 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • William G Mullen, an iceman at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Bergstrom at 1104 and Mrs H M Galbraith at 1116. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6290 Commercial Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • T G Mullen, a miner 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Greer at 6270. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Mullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1058 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harry J Mullen, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: L C Parkes at 1056 and E Nordman at 1066. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    675 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A J Mullen, a meat cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Foster at 665. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a cook, an iceman, a meat cutter and a miner.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3), Downtown, Fairview and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 H J Mullen at 1322 Beach Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Mullen at 1110 Bute Street, an iceman at the Vancouver Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists T G Mullen at 6290 Commercial 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 T Gilbert Mullen there as the householder, a miner.

The 1940 name section lists George Mullen at 1261 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry J Mullen at 1058 Harwood Street as the householder, a cook. In 1940 the directory lists A J Mullen at 675 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Amos J Mullen there as the householder, a meat cutter.

Today

1110 Bute and 1261 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1110 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 6290 Commercial (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1322 Beach, 1058 Harwood and 675 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton
About 1913 The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton. Not at the house at 6290 Commercial: no archive photo of the 6200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 504. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.