A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 5th 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
2324 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs M S Findlay, widow of A 1940
Next door in 1940: F E Bescoby at 2316 and T F McDowell at 2334. The block, door by door
- 2
3225 West 5th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J Findlay 1940
- George Findlay 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Lee at 3215 and H G Pratt at 3235. The block, door by door
What they did
One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M S Findlay at 2324 West 5th 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 Martha S Findlay there as the householder, widow of A. In 1940 the directory lists J Findlay at 3225 West 5th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Findlay there as the householder, with John Findlay and George Findlay.
Today
2324 West 5th still has its building from before 1946, on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 3225 West 5th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Findlay Mrs M S2324 West 5th, p. 185
- Findlay Martha S wid A2324 West 5th, p. 197
- *Findlay J3225 West 5th, p. 185
- Findlay Geo3225 West 5th, p. 196
- Findlay Jas3225 West 5th, p. 196
- Findlay John3225 West 5th, p. 196
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.