Vancouver / Names / R / Ryan / East Hastings Street

A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

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 Hastings Street. 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

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

    261 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E H Ryan 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs Y Hawano at 259 and E T Swanson at 263. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1139 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • John Ryan, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Thomas at 1135 and J Yourchek at 1143. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E H Ryan at 261 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists John Ryan at 1139 East Hastings Street, retired.

Today

261 East Hastings and 1139 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Ryans

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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.