A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Findlaters
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Findlater 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. The most under one roof: three Findlaters at 1148 Thurlow in 1940.
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Where the Findlaters lived
- 1
1516 East 8th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J T Findlater, a driver at Peerless Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Marsham at 1510 and W J Smith at 1522. The block, door by door
- 2
1148 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- S E Findlater 1940
- Charles E Findlater, proprietor of the Elgar School of Music 1940
- Yvonne M Findlater 1940
Next door in 1940: J Smith at 1100 and J B Physick at 1156. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland 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 J T Findlater at 1516 East 8th 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 John T Findlater there as the householder, a driver at Peerless Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists S E Findlater at 1148 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Findlater there as the householder, proprietor of the Elgar School of Music, with Yvonne M Findlater.
Today
The City no longer lists 1516 East 8th and 1148 Thurlow, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Findlater J T1516 East 8th, p. 194
- Findlater John T drvr Peerless Lndy1516 East 8th, p. 196
- Findlater S E1148 Thurlow, p. 156
- Findlater Chas E prop Elgar Sch of Music1148 Thurlow, p. 196
- Findlater Yvonne M1148 Thurlow, p. 196
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Findlaters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Findlater 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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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.