A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Contoises
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Contois at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Contoises lived
- 1
1790 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Mrs Mamie Contois, a maid for R H Arkell 1940
Next door in 1940: Dr T B Anthony at 1738. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a maid and a miner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood and Shaughnessy. 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 Mrs Mamie Contois at 1790 Angus Drive, a maid for R H Arkell. J Contois is listed at 3202 Renfrew Street 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 Joseph Contois there as the householder, a miner.
Today
1790 Angus Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3202 Renfrew, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Contois Mrs Mamie maid R H Arkell1790 Angus Drive, p. 123
- *Contois J3202 Renfrew, p. 140
- Contois Jos miner3202 Renfrew, p. 123
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Contoises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Contois 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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Another name, or a house
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.