A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Clandinins
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Clandinin 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.
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Where the Clandinins lived
- 1
1631 Collingwood Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Gladys M Clandinin, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: A E Jones at 1641. The block, door by door
- 2
3235 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A W Clandinin, a druggist at Owl Drug 1940
Next door in 1940: R Allison at 3225 and J Smith at 3245. The block, door by door
- 3
4493 West 15th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J A Clandinin, a machinist at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940
Next door in 1940: C G Hawkes at 4467 and N F Raphael at 4497. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a druggist, a machinist and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 Gladys M Clandinin at 1631 Collingwood Street, a school teacher. A W Clandinin is listed at 3235 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists A Wilson Clandinin there as the householder, a druggist at Owl Drug.
J A Clandinin is listed at 4493 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James A Clandinin there as the householder, a machinist at the Vivian Engineering Works.
Today
1631 Collingwood, 3235 West 13th and 4493 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1631 Collingwood on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clandinin Gladys M sch tchr Van City1631 Collingwood, p. 111
- Clandinin A W3235 West 13th, p. 213
- Clandinin A Wilson druggist Owl Drug3235 West 13th, p. 111
- Clandinin J A4493 West 15th, p. 221
- Clandinin Jas A mach Vivian Eng Wks4493 West 15th, p. 111
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Clandinins
Every directory, as one book
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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.