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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Cantins

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Cantin at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Cantins 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

    2217 Alder Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • E Cantin, in mining 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 2221. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    434 Glen Drive

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Angelina Cantin, widow of N 1940
  3. 3

    2796 West 30th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • Jean Cantin, a maid for H B Smith 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Farquhar at 2786. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a maid and a mining. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview and Strathcona. 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 E Cantin at 2217 Alder Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elphedge Cantin there as the householder, in mining. The 1940 name section lists Angelina Cantin at 434 Glen Drive, widow of N. The 1940 name section lists Jean Cantin at 2796 West 30th Avenue, a maid for H B Smith.

Today

2796 West 30th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1934 by the City's record; 2217 Alder (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 434 Glen Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.