A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Collinses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Collins at two addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd 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 60 other streets too, all listed on the Collins name's own page.
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Where the Collinses lived
- 1
1427 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F C Collins, a porter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs P Meier at 1449. The block, door by door
- 2
3402 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- O Collins, a grocer 1940
Next door in 1940: E S J Bytelaar at 3416. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a grocer and a porter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 F C Collins at 1427 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank C Collins there as the householder, a porter at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists O Collins, a grocer, at 3402 East 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Oliver Collins there, a grocer.
Today
3402 East 2nd (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1427 East 2nd, 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.
- Collins F C1427 East 2nd, p. 175
- Collins Frank C porter CPR1427 East 2nd, p. 120
- *Collins O gro3402 East 2nd, p. 175
- Collins Oliver gro3402 East 2nd, p. 120
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Collinses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Collins 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.