A family name on East 55th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview
The Ryans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Ryan at two addresses in 1940, all on East 55th Avenue. 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 42 other streets too, all listed on the Ryan name's own page.
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Where the Ryans lived
- 1
327 East 55th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J C Ryan, a bookbinder at Fugler & Mackinnon 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Marston at 311 and R G Poe at 337. The block, door by door
- 2
336 East 55th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Dorothy Ryan, a machinist operator at BC Sugar 1940
Next door in 1940: A Hohn at 328 and P Southern at 350. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bookbinder and a machinist operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (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 C Ryan at 327 East 55th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Clifton Ryan there as the householder, a bookbinder at Fugler & Mackinnon. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy Ryan at 336 East 55th Avenue, a machinist operator at BC Sugar.
Today
327 East 55th (1988) and 336 East 55th (1970) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Ryan J C327 East 55th, p. 268
- Ryan J Clifton bkbndr Fugler & Mackinnon327 East 55th, p. 539
- Ryan Dorothy mach opr BC Sugar336 East 55th, p. 539
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Ryans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ryan 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.