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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Blinkhorns

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Blinkhorn at four addresses in 1940 in three 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 Blinkhorns 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

    1173 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Margaret Blinkhorn 1940
    • Wilfred Blinkhorn, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Shepherd at 1165 and Mrs M J Carroll at 1181. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    422 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H W Blinkhorn, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: D K Cook at 430. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4560 James Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Thomas Blinkhorn, a janitor at the Royal Bank 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Dolby at 4550 and J W Lawrence at 4570. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5066 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Blinkhorn, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Thirlwall at 5052 and Mrs D Stevens at 5080. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a janitor, a laborer, a longshoreman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Margaret Blinkhorn at 1173 Davie Street, with Wilfred Blinkhorn, a longshoreman. H W Blinkhorn is listed at 422 East 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Harry W Blinkhorn there as the householder, a waiter at Canadian National Steamships. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Blinkhorn at 4560 James Street, a janitor at the Royal Bank.

In 1940 the directory lists J Blinkhorn at 5066 Prince Edward Street. The 1940 name section lists James Blinkhorn there as the householder, a laborer.

Today

422 East 12th and 5066 Prince Edward still have their buildings from before 1946, 422 East 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1173 Davie (1977) and 4560 James (1958) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Blinkhorns

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.