A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Findlays
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Findlay at two addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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
1135 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- G G Findlay, a fisherman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S M Elliott at 1125 and M T Greene at 1145. The block, door by door
- 2
4277 West 12th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G P Findlay, a building contractor 1940
- Marjorie C Findlay, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M A Robertson at 4273 and S Girling at 4283. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a building contractor and a fisherman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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
In 1940 the directory lists G G Findlay at 1135 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George G Findlay there as the householder, a fisherman. In 1940 the directory lists G P Findlay, a building contractor, at 4277 West 12th 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 lists George P Findlay there, a building contractor, with Marjorie C Findlay, a student at UBC.
Today
4277 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1934 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1135 West 12th, so that building is 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.
- Findlay G G1135 West 12th, p. 207
- Findlay Geo G fshrmn1135 West 12th, p. 196
- *Findlay G P building contractor4277 West 12th, p. 209
- Findlay Geo P bldg contr4277 West 12th, p. 196
- Findlay Marjorie C studt UBC4277 West 12th, p. 197
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.