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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Finns

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Finn at six addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Finns lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1066 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Annie Finn, a laundress 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lott at 1060 and J Hislop at 1068. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2212 East 44th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J E Finn, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Harris at 2204 and P F Wicks at 2220. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    300 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • M Finn, a secretary hand clothing 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Lwetsel at 304. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5831 Olympic Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • K B Finn, a clerk at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Koepke at 5843. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    949 West 27th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Cath Finn, widow of J 1940
  6. 6

    1497 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M Finn, in secretary hand clothing 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Doughtery at 1473. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, an engineer, a laundress and a secretary hand clothing. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, South Cambie, Strathcona, Victoria-Fraserview 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Annie Finn at 1066 Davie Street, a laundress. J E Finn is listed at 2212 East 44th 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 James E Finn there as the householder, an engineer. M Finn, a secretary hand clothing, is listed at 300 Main Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists K B Finn at 5831 Olympic Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists K Bartley Finn there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Government. The 1940 name section lists Cath Finn at 949 West 27th Avenue, widow of J.

M Finn is listed at 1497 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Moe Finn there as the householder, in secretary hand clothing.

Today

5831 Olympic still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 2212 East 44th (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1066 Davie, 300 Main, 949 West 27th and 1497 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Finns

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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.