A family name on East 26th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Findlays
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Findlay at two addresses in 1940, all on East 26th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Findlay name's own page.
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Where the Findlays lived
- 1
1243 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Cath J Findlay, widow of P R 1940
Next door in 1940: E H Davis at 1249. The block, door by door
- 2
1287 East 26th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A Findlay, a bridgeman 1940
Next door in 1940: S W Allenby at 1279. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a bridgeman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 Cath J Findlay at 1243 East 26th Avenue, widow of P R. A Findlay is listed at 1287 East 26th Avenue in 1940; 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 Andrew Findlay there as the householder, a bridgeman.
Today
1243 East 26th (2002) and 1287 East 26th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Findlay Cath J wid P R prop Findlay Blk1243 East 26th, p. 196
- *Findlay A1287 East 26th, p. 240
- Findlay Andw bridgemn1287 East 26th, p. 196
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Findlays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Findlay 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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Another name, or a house
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.