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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Conleys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Conley at seven addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Conly. 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 Conleys 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

    475 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E N Conley, widow of E G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L McDonald at 473. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    722 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C N Conley, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: birks building at 718 and Roselawn Ltd at 724. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1226 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C N Conley, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Clarkson at 1216 and Mrs A Sirlin at 1232. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3750 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H F Conley, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Denholm at 3738 and A Dickson at 3760. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    882 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs E Conly, widow of T H M 1940
    • James Conly, a grinder at BC Marine 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Tripp at 872 and Miss L I Parker at 888. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3596 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G F Conley, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Agnew at 3592. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1602 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Owen F Conley 1940

    Next door in 1940: glenwood (the) at 1616. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a grinder, a mechanic, a music teacher and a salesman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie 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

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E N Conley at 475 East 8th Avenue; 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 Ellen N Conley there as the householder, widow of E G. In 1940 the directory lists C N Conley, a music teacher, at 722 Granville Street.

C N Conley is listed at 1226 Victoria Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles N Conley there as the householder, a music teacher. H F Conley is listed at 3750 West 16th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry F Conley there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's.

Mrs E Conly is listed at 882 West 18th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Conly there as the householder, widow of T H M, with James Conly, a grinder at BC Marine. G F Conley is listed at 3596 West 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George F Conley there as the householder, a mechanic.

The 1940 name section lists Owen F Conley at 1602 West Broadway.

Today

3750 West 16th, 882 West 18th and 3596 West 22nd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 475 East 8th, 722 Granville and 1602 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1226 Victoria Drive, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.