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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Colvins

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Colvin at five addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Colvins at 3995 West 23rd in 1940.

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Where the Colvins 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

    1110 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • James Colvin 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Bergstrom at 1104 and Mrs H M Galbraith at 1116. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2340 East Georgia Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • P Colvin, a fisherman 1940
    • Mrs Margaret A Colvin, proprietor of Hastings Fish Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Kosovic at 2336 and W J Gugin at 2356. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3437 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • D Colvin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Shippam at 3447. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4339 Locarno Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C W Colvin 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Mortlock at 4333 and C Travers at 4345. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3995 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R F Colvin, a clerk at BC Drugs 1940
    • Eleanor J Colvin, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Gwen M Colvin, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Warren at 3981. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a clerk, an employee, a fisherman, a proprietor and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Renfrew-Collingwood, West End and West Point Grey. 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 James Colvin at 1110 Bute Street. P Colvin is listed at 2340 East Georgia Street in 1940; 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 Peter Colvin there as the householder, a cooper, with Peter Colvin Jr, a fisherman, and Mrs Margaret A Colvin, proprietor of Hastings Fish Market.

D Colvin is listed at 3437 Kingsway in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Colvin there as the householder. C W Colvin is listed at 4339 Locarno Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists R F Colvin at 3995 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Richard F Colvin there as the householder, a clerk at BC Drugs, with Eleanor J Colvin, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Gwen M Colvin, a stenographer at the BC Government.

Today

1110 Bute, 2340 East Georgia, 3437 Kingsway, 4339 Locarno Crescent and 3995 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 1110 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Colvins

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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.