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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ainslies

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Ainslie at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Ainslies 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 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Ainslie, an agent for Metro Life 1940
    • Margaret Ainslie 1940

    Next door in 1940: D C Holtz at 730. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1454 East 15th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Agnes Ainslie, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C McAllen at 1448 and J J Creamore at 1458. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    260 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • James Ainslie, a toolman at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Charles C Ainslie, a patcher at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Poole at 250 and A P Keay at 264. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2545 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M Ainslie, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: Belvedere Delctsn at 2543 and W E Turnbull at 2549. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1390 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John B Ainslie, a managing director at Ainslie & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E M M Tate at 1376. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an agent, a managing director, a patcher, a school teacher and a toolman. Two of them worked for Vancouver City. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 W Ainslie at 742 East 13th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William Ainslie there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life, with Margaret Ainslie. The 1940 name section lists Agnes Ainslie at 1454 East 15th Avenue, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists James Ainslie at 260 East 17th Avenue as the householder, a toolman at the City of Vancouver, with Charles C Ainslie, a patcher at BC Plywoods.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Ainslie at 2545 Main Street. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Ainslie there as the householder, widow of E. The 1940 name section lists John B Ainslie at 1390 West 14th Avenue, a managing director at Ainslie & Co.

Today

742 East 13th, 1454 East 15th, 260 East 17th, 2545 Main and 1390 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1390 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 A. Want a name removed? Tell us.