A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Atkins
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Atkin at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Atkins lived
- 1
1293 Homer Street
Downtown, 1940
- P J Atkin, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Elec Power Equip Ltd at 1285. The block, door by door
- 2
2816 West 29th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- P J Atkin, a manufacturers agent 1940
- Mary F Atkin, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: G Lacey at 2806 and E H Winram at 2826. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a manufacturers agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Downtown. 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 P J Atkin, a manufacturers agent, at 1293 Homer Street. P J Atkin is listed at 2816 West 29th Avenue in 1940; 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 Percy J Atkin there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Mary F Atkin, a student at UBC.
Today
1293 Homer still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2816 West 29th (2008) has a newer building, 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.
- Atkin P J mfrs agt1293 Homer, p. 85
- *Atkin P J2816 West 29th, p. 245
- Atkin Mary F studt UBC2816 West 29th, p. 22
- Atkin Percy J mfrs agt 1293 Homer2816 West 29th, p. 22
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Atkins
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Atkin 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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.