A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Connellys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Connelly at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Connellys lived
- 1
870 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- Thomas Connely 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C Fife at 864 and McLachlan Ltd at 898. The block, door by door
- 2
1163 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- A Connelly, a groundsman at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club 1940
- Patricia M Connelly, a stenographer at BC Underwriters 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C A Murray at 1161 and T J A Williams at 1165. The block, door by door
- 3
966 Main Street
Strathcona, 1940
- M Connelly, an electrician 1940
Next door in 1940: Atlantic Junk Co at 958 and Pioneer Machy & Supp Co at 968. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an electrician, a groundsman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2) and Strathcona. 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 Thomas Connely at 870 Burrard Street. A Connelly is listed at 1163 Comox Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert Connelly there as the householder, a groundsman at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, with Patricia M Connelly, a stenographer at BC Underwriters. The 1940 name section lists M Connelly at 966 Main Street, an electrician.
Today
The City no longer lists 870 Burrard, 1163 Comox and 966 Main, so those buildings are 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.
- Connely Thos870 Burrard, p. 122
- Connelly A1163 Comox, p. 35
- Connelly Albt groundsmn Shaugh Heights Golf Club1163 Comox, p. 122
- Connelly Patricia M sten BC Underwriters1163 Comox, p. 122
- Connelly M electn966 Main, p. 122
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Connellys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Connelly name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.