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A family name on Lanark Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview

The Owens

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at two addresses

The directories print seven people named Owen at two addresses in 1940, all on Lanark Street. 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: four Owens at 6584 Lanark in 1940. The directories print the name on 40 other streets too, all listed on the Owen name's own page.

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Where the Owens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3841 Lanark Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • R Owen, a miner 1940
    • Glyn Owen, a miner 1940
    • Myrtle Owen, a domestic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Houghton at 3825 and J Acton at 3859. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6584 Lanark Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G R Owen, a laborer 1940
    • Agnes Owen, a maid 1940
    • Ken Owen, a compositor for G H Hewitt 1940
    • Mary Owen, a maid 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Kerr at 6558 and T A Neill at 6596. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all seven: a maid (2), a miner (2), a compositor, a domestic and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 R Owen at 3841 Lanark 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Richard Owen there as the householder, a miner, with Glyn Owen, a miner, and Myrtle Owen, a domestic. In 1940 the directory lists G R Owen at 6584 Lanark Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George R Owen there as the householder, a laborer, with Agnes Owen, a maid, Ken Owen, a compositor for G H Hewitt, and Mary Owen, a maid.

Today

3841 Lanark still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 6584 Lanark (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Owens

Every directory, as one book

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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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.