A family name on West 34th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 34th 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
2847 West 34th Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- H G Findlay, a chief clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- J Christine Findlay, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: R B C Ridout at 2861. The block, door by door
- 2
3993 West 34th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- S Findlay, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: F F Dougherty at 3959. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a chief clerk, a laborer and a stenographer. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 H G Findlay at 2847 West 34th 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 Herbert G Findlay there as the householder, a chief clerk at the BC Electric Railway, with J Christine Findlay, a stenographer at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists S Findlay at 3993 West 34th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam Findlay there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.
Today
2847 West 34th (2009) and 3993 West 34th (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Findlay H G2847 West 34th, p. 250
- Findlay Herbt G chf clk BCER2847 West 34th, p. 196
- Findlay J Christine sten BCER2847 West 34th, p. 196
- *Findlay S3993 West 34th, p. 250
- Findlay Sam lab Van City3993 West 34th, 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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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.