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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pallens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Pallen 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 Pallens at 2177 West 51st in 1940.

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Where the Pallens 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

    5870 Cartier Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • R L Pallen, in director of school dental services at Metro Health Vancouver City 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Stinson at 5850 and W E Cockfield at 5890. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1609 Cypress Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A M Pallen 1940
    • Helen J Pallen, widow of A H 1940
  3. 3

    2177 West 51st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E H Pallen 1940
    • Richard H Pallen, a butcher at Canada Packers 1940
    • Ruth L Pallen 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Turnbull at 2169. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a butcher and a director of school dental services. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Kitsilano and Oakridge. 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 L Pallen at 5870 Cartier 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 Robert L Pallen there as the householder, in director of school dental services at Metro Health Vancouver City. In 1940 the directory lists A M Pallen at 1609 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur M Pallen there as the householder, with Helen J Pallen, widow of A H.

In 1940 the directory lists E H Pallen at 2177 West 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest H Pallen there as the householder, with Richard H Pallen, a butcher at Canada Packers, and Ruth L Pallen.

Today

5870 Cartier, 1609 Cypress and 2177 West 51st still have their buildings from before 1946.

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

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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.