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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Coltons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Colton at six addresses in 1940 in three 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 Coltons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    404 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L Conroy Colton, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Lorenz at 418. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1710 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Porter H Colton, proprietor of Alma Theatre Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Meekison at 1724. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    320 East 35th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Alice Colton, widow of W R 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Nichols at 326. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    160 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jewel Colton, widow of R H 1940
    • Louise Colton 1940

    Next door in 1940: Royal Thea Barber Shop at 146 and Regent Hotel Shoe Shine at 162. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2207 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R P Colton, a waiter at the Regent Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Little at 2225. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2686 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E J Colton, a vocalist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S E Lamb at 2676. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a clerk, a proprietor, a vocalist and a waiter. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3), Downtown (2) and Riley Park. 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 L Conroy Colton at 404 Abbott Street, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Porter H Colton at 1710 Dunbar Street, proprietor of Alma Theatre Confectionery. The 1940 name section lists Alice Colton at 320 East 35th Avenue, widow of W R. The 1940 name section lists Jewel Colton at 160 East Hastings Street, widow of R H, with Louise Colton.

In 1940 the directory lists R P Colton at 2207 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rusell P Colton there as the householder, a waiter at the Regent Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists E J Colton at 2686 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest J Colton there as the householder, a vocalist.

Today

404 Abbott, 1710 Dunbar and 160 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946, 1710 Dunbar on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 320 East 35th, 2207 West 2nd and 2686 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Coltons

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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.