A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Owens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Owen at two addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway. 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 Owen name's own page.
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Where the Owens lived
- 1
558 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- J E Owen, proprietor of Pet Land 1940
Next door in 1940: A M Shorman at 550 and J E Work at 562. The block, door by door
- 2
1694 West Broadway
Fairview, 1940
- James Owen, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: L Baker at 1690. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an on active service and a proprietor.
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 J E Owen at 558 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John E Owen there as the householder, proprietor of Pet Land. The 1940 name section lists James Owen at 1694 West Broadway, on active service.
Today
The City no longer lists 558 West Broadway and 1694 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Owen J E558 West Broadway, p. 17
- Owen John E prop Pet Land558 West Broadway, p. 475
- Owen Jas act serv1694 West Broadway, p. 474
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Owens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Owen 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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.