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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Connons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Connon at five 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 Connons 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

    156 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Connon, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Shediac at 146. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    808 East 57th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Connon 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E New at 834. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1058 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jane F Connon, widow of H E 1940
    • Margaret Connon 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2680 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J A Connon, a buyer at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: S L A Armstrong at 2668 and R Critchley at 2692. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1987 West 35th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G Connon, a plasterer 1940
    • Jessie M Connon, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Meek at 1979 and W H Collard at 1997. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a buyer, a plasterer and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Riley Park, Shaughnessy, Sunset and West End. 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 G Connon at 156 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Connon there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J Connon at 808 East 57th 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 lists John Connon there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Jane F Connon at 1058 Nelson Street, widow of H E, with Margaret Connon. J A Connon is listed at 2680 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James A Connon there as the householder, a buyer at the Hudson's Bay Company.

G Connon is listed at 1987 West 35th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George Connon there as the householder, a plasterer, with George A Connon, a plasterer, and Jessie M Connon, a stenographer.

Today

156 East 18th, 1058 Nelson and 2680 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1058 Nelson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 808 East 57th (2003) and 1987 West 35th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 Connons

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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.