A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Ryans
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Ryan at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Ryans lived
- 1
- 2
1585 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Grace Ryan, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
- Kathleen F Ryan, a chief stenographer at Shell Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: madrona apts at 1575 and roxborough apts at 1595. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a chief stenographer, a millworker and an operator.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas F Ryan at 985 West 15th Avenue, a millworker at C W Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Grace Ryan at 1585 West 15th Avenue, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Kathleen F Ryan, a chief stenographer at Shell Oil.
Today
1585 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 985 West 15th (1981) has a newer building, 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 Thos F mlwkr C W Lbr985 West 15th, p. 539
- Ryan Grace opr BC Tel1585 West 15th, p. 539
- Ryan Kathleen F chf sten Shell Oil1585 West 15th, p. 539
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.