A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Warrens
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Warren at two addresses in 1940, all on East 21st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Warrens at 942 East 21st in 1940. 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
942 East 21st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs M Warren 1940
- Howard J Warren, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
- Nettie M Warren, a saleswoman at Famous 1940
Next door in 1940: D W Spencer at 936 and Mrs B Campbell at 948. The block, door by door
- 2
1156 East 21st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs M A Warren, widow of F 1940
- Frederick W Warren 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Haskell at 1144. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a helper and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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 Mrs M Warren at 942 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Howard J Warren there, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Nettie M Warren, a saleswoman at Famous. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M A Warren at 1156 East 21st Avenue; 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 lists Mary A Warren there as the householder, widow of F, with Frederick W Warren.
Today
942 East 21st and 1156 East 21st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Warren Mrs M942 East 21st, p. 232
- Warren Howard J hlpr Van Genl Hosp942 East 21st, p. 642
- Warren Nettie M slswm Famous942 East 21st, p. 642
- *Warren Mrs M A1156 East 21st, p. 232
- Warren Fredk W1156 East 21st, p. 642
- Warren Mary A wid F1156 East 21st, 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.