A family name on Argyle Street, Victoria-Fraserview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Warrens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Warren at two addresses in 1940, all on Argyle 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 41 other streets too, all listed on the Warren name's own page.
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Where the Warrens lived
- 1
5341 Argyle Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- M J Warren, a welder at Boeing's 1940
Next door in 1940: H W J Fisher at 5335 and G Bell at 5381. The block, door by door
- 2
5569 Argyle Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A J Warren, a driver for F W Stewart 1940
Next door in 1940: A Holm at 5553 and W Jepson at 5577. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a driver and a welder.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 M J Warren at 5341 Argyle Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Murwin J Warren there as the householder, a welder at Boeing's. In 1940 the directory lists A J Warren at 5569 Argyle Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Warren there as the householder, a driver for F W Stewart.
Today
5341 Argyle (2004) and 5569 Argyle (1991) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Warren M J5341 Argyle, p. 6
- Warren Murwin J wldr Boeing's5341 Argyle, p. 642
- *Warren A J5569 Argyle, p. 6
- Warren Arth J drvr F W Stewart5569 Argyle, p. 642
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Warrens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Warren 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.