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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Van Alstynes

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Van Alstyne 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.

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Where the Van Alstynes 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

    1078 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Clif Van Allstyne, a shipper at Putnam Cosens & Wright 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Nordman at 1066. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2170 West 46th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F J Van Alstyne, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Mulroy at 2164 and J Christianson at 2176. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1053 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Merle Van Alstyne 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Harrison at 1049 and C A Carrico at 1057. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an on active service and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kerrisdale and West End. 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 Clif Van Allstyne at 1078 Harwood Street, a shipper at Putnam Cosens & Wright. F J Van Alstyne is listed at 2170 West 46th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick J Van Alstyne there as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Merle Van Alstyne at 1053 West 7th Avenue.

Today

2170 West 46th (1962) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1078 Harwood and 1053 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Van Alstynes

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.