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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Candlishes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Candlish at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Candlishes at 2851 West 6th in 1940.

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Where the Candlishes 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

    3267 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs Florence Candlish, a photographer at King Studio 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H D Butt at 3261 and F A Scott at 3275. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2851 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Margaret Candlish, of Misses Candlish 1940
    • George Candlish 1940
    • Mary Candlish, of Misses Candlish 1940
    • Sarah H Candlish 1940

    Next door in 1940: L R Knight at 2841 and Mrs M A Price at 2855. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2910 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Misses Candlish, in dry goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bayview Fruit Mkt at 2908 and Wilson's Sheet Metal at 2912. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a dry goods and a photographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Mrs Florence Candlish at 3267 West 21st Avenue, a photographer at King Studio. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Candlish at 2851 West 6th Avenue as the householder, of Misses Candlish, with George Candlish, Mary Candlish, of Misses Candlish, and Sarah H Candlish. In 1940 the directory lists Misses Candlish, in dry goods, at 2910 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Misses (M and M) Candlish there, in dry goods.

Today

2851 West 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3267 West 21st (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2910 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Candlishes

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.