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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Larkins

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Larkin at seven 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.

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Where the Larkins 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

    742 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Joseph Larkin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss W A Curtis at 748. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1030 East Cordova Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Miss E Larkin 1940
    • Elizabeth Larkin 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Katnich at 1026 and G St Onge at 1038. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    26 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Larkin, in tobacco 1940

    Next door in 1940: Only Oyster Cafe at 20 and Service Jewellers at 28. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2343 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G Larkin, proprietor of Broadway Hotel Cigar Stand 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Pullman at 2331. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    138 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Larkin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: mclean bldg at 136 and C E Walsh at 140. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4270 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J J Larkin, a reporter at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: G T Gilpin at 4262 and W G Metcalf at 4278. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2125 West 34th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • C Larkin, a master mariner 1940
    • Maxwell B Larkin, a storesman at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C McKinnell at 2115 and Mrs A I Wells at 2135. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the nine: a master mariner, a proprietor, a reporter and a storesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Arbutus Ridge, Renfrew-Collingwood, Strathcona, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Joseph Larkin at 742 Bidwell Street. Miss E Larkin is listed at 1030 East Cordova Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Larkin there as the householder. G Larkin, in tobacco, is listed at 26 East Hastings Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists G Larkin at 2343 Kingsway; 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 Gilbert Larkin there as the householder, proprietor of Broadway Hotel Cigar Stand. The 1940 name section lists James Larkin at 138 Water Street, retired.

J J Larkin is listed at 4270 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James J Larkin there as the householder, a reporter at the Sun. C Larkin is listed at 2125 West 34th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Larkin there as the householder, a master mariner, with Maxwell B Larkin, a storesman at Canadian White Pine.

Today

26 East Hastings, 4270 West 12th and 2125 West 34th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1030 East Cordova (1989) and 2343 Kingsway (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 742 Bidwell and 138 Water, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.