A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Collinses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Collins at four addresses in 1940, all on West 16th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
407 West 16th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Thomas Collins, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: A H Silk at 417. The block, door by door
- 2
935 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- T E Collins, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Morey at 929 and O E Thomas at 937. The block, door by door
- 3
967 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- A Collins, a printer 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Barnes at 953 and M A Timms at 979. The block, door by door
- 4
1935 West 16th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Leota Collins, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A L Sanderson at 1925 and G R Bancroft at 1955. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, an employee and a printer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Thomas Collins at 407 West 16th Avenue, a carpenter. T E Collins is listed at 935 West 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas E Collins there as the householder, retired.
A Collins is listed at 967 West 16th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert Collins there as the householder, a printer. The 1940 name section lists Leota Collins at 1935 West 16th Avenue, who worked for the BC Telephone.
Today
967 West 16th and 1935 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1935 West 16th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 407 West 16th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 935 West 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Collins Thos carp407 West 16th, p. 120
- Collins T E935 West 16th, p. 223
- Collins Thos E retired935 West 16th, p. 120
- Collins A967 West 16th, p. 223
- Collins Albt prntr967 West 16th, p. 119
- Collins Leota emp BC Tel1935 West 16th, p. 120
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.