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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Collinses

In the city directories 1940 · 82 addresses on 61 streets

The directories print the Collins name at 82 addresses on 61 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Collinses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End13 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage10 addresses
  3. Downtown8 addresses
  4. Fairview7 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  7. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  8. Riley Park4 addresses
  9. Sunset4 addresses
  10. South Cambie3 addresses
  11. Strathcona3 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  13. Kitsilano2 addresses
  14. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  15. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  16. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  17. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  18. Kerrisdale1 address
  19. Killarney1 address
  20. Marpole1 address
  21. West Point Grey1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 16th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: A Collins, T E Collins and Leota Collins, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Haro StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Carl Collins, Jean Collins and William Collins
    1940
  3. 3
    Homer StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Ernest Collins, Frederick Collins and Harold Collins
    1940
  4. 4
    West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: Mrs A Collins, R F Collins and Frederick W Collins, and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 19th AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: J F Collins, Mrs E G Collins and Mrs M Collins, and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Margaret W Collins and Miss M W Collins
    1940
  7. 7
    East 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: G A Collins, Herbert W Collins and Thelma E M Collins, and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    East 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; four people: C W Collins, C W Collins and Charles F Collins, and one more
    1940
  9. 9
    East 22nd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: D Collins, Elsie Collins and George L Collins, and two more
    1940
  10. 10
    East 2nd AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: F C Collins and O Collins
    1940
  11. 11
    East 40th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: Bert Collins, C F Collins and Charles F Collins, and two more
    1940
  12. 12
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Daisy Collins and Eleanor Collins
    1940

49 more streets, by name: Balsam Street (1), Battison Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Clark Drive (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Granville Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Knight Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Main Street (1), Oak Street (2), Ontario Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Powell Street (2), Robson Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Slocan Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (2), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 82 addresses, 24 still have their buildings from before 1946, 22 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 36; each street's page names them.

The book of the Collinses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under C. Want a name removed? Tell us.