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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Conlins

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Conlin at six addresses in 1940 in four 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: four Conlins at 1601 Comox in 1940.

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Where the Conlins 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

    1601 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss C Conlin 1940
    • Cath Conlin 1940
    • Ella Conlin 1940
    • Philip P Conlin, an elevator operator at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: M E Campbell at 1609. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    101 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E Conlin, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army at 125. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1889 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Myrtle E Conlin, a bookkeeper at Betty's Hat & Gown Shoppe 1940

    Next door in 1940: king george apts at 1877. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    135 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A Conlin, a salesman 1940
    • Gertrude E Conlin, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
    • J Howard Conlin, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Mackintosh at 131 and W Mather at 147. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3955 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • P J Conlin, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: N de W Lyons at 3949 and L McCulloch at 3963. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    816 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P J Conlin, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: S A G Curry at 814 and Bennett & White Constn Co Ltd at 818. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: a salesman (2), a bookkeeper, a clerk, an elevator operator and a manufacturers agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), West End (2), Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Miss C Conlin at 1601 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cath Conlin there as the householder, with Ella Conlin, and Philip P Conlin, an elevator operator at the Georgia Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Conlin at 101 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Conlin there as the householder, widow of J.

The 1940 name section lists Myrtle E Conlin at 1889 Haro Street, a bookkeeper at Betty's Hat & Gown Shoppe. J A Conlin is listed at 135 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Conlin there as the householder, a salesman, with Gertrude E Conlin, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company, and J Howard Conlin, a salesman.

P J Conlin is listed at 3955 West 23rd Avenue 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 Patrick J Conlin there as the householder, a manufacturers agent. P J Conlin, a manufacturers agent, is listed at 816 West Hastings Street in 1940.

Today

1601 Comox, 101 East 7th, 135 West 13th and 3955 West 23rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 1601 Comox and 101 East 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1889 Haro and 816 West Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1601 Comox: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 14 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.