A family name on East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Atkinsons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Atkinson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 10th 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 64 other streets too, all listed on the Atkinson name's own page.
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Where the Atkinsons lived
- 1
514 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs G Atkinson, widow of F 1940
- Beatrice Atkinson 1940
Next door in 1940: D J Mackay at 506 and Mrs A Harrison at 516. The block, door by door
- 2
740 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J G Atkinson, a butcher at Burns & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Brock at 732 and C Stewart at 748. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a butcher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 G Atkinson at 514 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gladys Atkinson there as the householder, widow of F, with Beatrice Atkinson. In 1940 the directory lists J G Atkinson at 740 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John G Atkinson there as the householder, a butcher at Burns & Co.
Today
740 East 10th (1971) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 514 East 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Atkinson Mrs G514 East 10th, p. 198
- Atkinson Beatrice514 East 10th, p. 22
- Atkinson Gladys wid F514 East 10th, p. 22
- Atkinson J G740 East 10th, p. 198
- Atkinson John G butcher Burns & Co740 East 10th, p. 22
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Atkinsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Atkinson 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.