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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Conners

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Conner at six 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.

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Where the Conners lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1665 Arbutus Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H G Conner, a salesman at Spencer's 1940
  2. 2

    1675 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Eugene M Conner, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Truscott at 1661. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2755 East 21st Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Helen W Conner, a matron at Vancouver Preventorium 1940
  4. 4

    350 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • B Conner, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Gee at 336 and A J Turner at 358. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2736 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T W Conner 1940
    • Ernest R Conner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Sinclair at 2728. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    479 West 63rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • E E Conner, a fur farmer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A McBride at 459. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a conductor, a fireman, a fur farmer, a matron and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Marpole, Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset. 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 H G Conner at 1665 Arbutus Street; 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 Herbert G Conner there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Eugene M Conner at 1675 East 14th Avenue, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists Helen W Conner at 2755 East 21st Avenue, a matron at Vancouver Preventorium.

In 1940 the directory lists B Conner at 350 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bertrand Conner there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists T W Conner at 2736 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas W Conner there as the householder, with Ernest R Conner.

In 1940 the directory lists E E Conner at 479 West 63rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin E Conner there as the householder, a fur farmer.

Today

1675 East 14th, 350 East 45th and 2736 West 2nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 1665 Arbutus (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2755 East 21st and 479 West 63rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Conners

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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.