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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Condys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Condy at two addresses in 1940 in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Condys at 3944 Victoria Drive in 1940.

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Where the Condys 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

    1336 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J N Condy, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Woods Delctsn at 1332 and Gordon & Sons at 1338. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3944 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J N Condy, a barber 1940
    • Esther F Condy 1940
    • J Leonard Condy, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: I J Garrod at 3924 and G B Hayne at 3958. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a barber (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 J N Condy, a barber, at 1336 Kingsway. J N Condy is listed at 3944 Victoria Drive 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John N Condy there as the householder, a barber, with Esther F Condy, and J Leonard Condy, a barber.

Today

3944 Victoria Drive (2006) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1336 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Condys

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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.