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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pullens

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at four addresses

The directories print nine people named Pullen at four 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. The most under one roof: three Pullens at 1565 West 16th in 1940.

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Where the Pullens 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

    2431 Vine Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss M F Pullen 1940
    • Mabel F Pullen, a school teacher 1940
  2. 2

    1565 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • N F Pullen 1940
    • Dorothy L Pullen 1940
    • Mrs Minnie M Pullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: ottawa court at 1551 and gloucester court at 1575. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4347 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W A Pullen, a manager at the West Coast Woollen Mills 1940
    • Idelle K Pullen, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A S Lloyd at 4335 and B D L Johnson at 4365. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    872 West 63rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • F J Pullen, a salesman for Waghorn Gwynn 1940
    • M Elizabeth J Pullen, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S C Campbell at 860 and W J Spier at 896. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the nine: a manager, a salesman and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Marpole and West Point Grey. 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 M F Pullen at 2431 Vine Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mabel F Pullen there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists N F Pullen at 1565 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Newton F Pullen there as the householder, with Dorothy L Pullen and Mrs Minnie M Pullen.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Pullen at 4347 West 3rd Avenue; 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 William A Pullen there as the householder, a manager at the West Coast Woollen Mills, with Idelle K Pullen, a student. In 1940 the directory lists F J Pullen at 872 West 63rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank J Pullen there as the householder, a salesman for Waghorn Gwynn, with M Elizabeth J Pullen, a student at UBC.

Today

2431 Vine and 1565 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4347 West 3rd (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 872 West 63rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Pullens

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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.