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The Corcorans

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at eight addresses

The directories print 13 people named Corcoran at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Corcorans at 3256 West 6th in 1940.

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Where the Corcorans 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

    2257 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • B Corcoran 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Robertson at 2249 and D R B Grant at 2265. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5229 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G R Corcoran 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Bevilacqua at 5247. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    924 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Annie Corcoran, a stenographer at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Finestone at 916 and shaftsbury apts at 934. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1516 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • D Corcoran 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4958 Rupert Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • P J Corcoran 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Aldridge at 4950 and Mrs R E Pierce at 4966. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4478 Walden Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs F I Corcoran, widow of J 1940
    • Gladys I Corcoran, a nurse 1940
    • J Charles Corcoran 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M G Grant at 4468 and Mrs J Martin at 4496. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3346 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Joseph Corcoran 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Claridge at 3336 and W H Nicholson at 3356. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3256 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E E Corcoran, a clerk at Seaboard Lumber 1940
    • Eleanor M Corcoran 1940
    • Leonard J Corcoran, a salesman at Fleck Bros 1940
    • Margaret S Corcoran, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: H T R Mason at 3254 and R Lay at 3264. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the 13: a clerk, a nurse, an operator, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kitsilano (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park 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 B Corcoran at 2257 East 2nd 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). G R Corcoran is listed at 5229 Elgin Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George R Corcoran there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Annie Corcoran at 924 Nicola Street, a stenographer at the Canadian Government.

The 1940 name section lists D Corcoran at 1516 Powell Street. P J Corcoran is listed at 4958 Rupert Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F I Corcoran at 4478 Walden Street. The 1940 name section lists F Ida Corcoran there as the householder, widow of J, with Gladys I Corcoran, a nurse, and J Charles Corcoran.

The 1940 name section lists Joseph Corcoran at 3346 West 11th Avenue. E E Corcoran is listed at 3256 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edmund E Corcoran there, a clerk at Seaboard Lumber, with Eleanor M Corcoran, Leonard J Corcoran, a salesman at Fleck Bros, and Margaret S Corcoran, an operator at the BC Telephone.

Today

5229 Elgin, 1516 Powell, 4478 Walden, 3346 West 11th and 3256 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1516 Powell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2257 East 2nd (2018) and 4958 Rupert (1979) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 924 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.