A family name on Oak Street, Fairview, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Oakridge and Marpole
The Collinses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Collins at two addresses in 1940, all on Oak Street. 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
3375 Oak Street
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs M A Collins, widow of F A 1940
- Frank C Collins, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940
- 2
3984 Oak Street
South Cambie, 1940
- M G Collins, a secretary at F C Smith Litho 1940
Next door in 1940: H S Hargreaves at 3950. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a driver and a secretary. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in South Cambie (2). 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 Mrs M A Collins at 3375 Oak Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary A Collins there as the householder, widow of F A, with Frank C Collins, a driver at Johnston National Storage. In 1940 the directory lists M G Collins at 3984 Oak Street; 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 Mark G Collins there as the householder, a secretary at F C Smith Litho.
Today
3375 Oak still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 3984 Oak (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
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.