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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Finnertys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Finnerty at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Finnertys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1143 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Hilary Finnerty, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Montgomery at 1141 and J M Olsen at 1145. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1337 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Marion L Finnerty, an operator at National Dress 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C E Gurry at 1335 and Miss R N Williams at 1345. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1181 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Maurice Finnerty, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J MacIsaac at 1173. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3789 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J J Finnerty 1940
    • James A Finnerty, a packer at the Pacific Mills 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Beck at 3783. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an operator, a packer, a salesman and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (3) and Riley Park. 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 Hilary Finnerty at 1143 Comox Street, a saleswoman at Woodward's. The 1940 name section lists Marion L Finnerty at 1337 Comox Street, an operator at National Dress. The 1940 name section lists Maurice Finnerty at 1181 Davie Street, a salesman.

J J Finnerty is listed at 3789 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John J Finnerty there as the householder, with James A Finnerty, a packer at the Pacific Mills.

Today

3789 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1902 by the City's record; 1181 Davie (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1143 Comox and 1337 Comox, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 3789 Quebec: no archive photo of the 3700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Finnertys

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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.