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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Finnies

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Finnie at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Finnies at 2196 East 4th in 1940.

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Where the Finnies 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

    2050 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Florence Finnie, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Fletcher at 2040. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    916 Cardero Street

    West End, 1940

    • Andrew Finnie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B V McCullough at 906 and W W Johnston at 936. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2196 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J C Finnie, a laborer at the Alberta Wheat Pool 1940
    • Bert Finnie 1940
    • William Finnie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Stewart at 2186. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2932 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • S B Finnie, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Jewson at 2928 and S L Cawley at 2942. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2205 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss M Finnie 1940
    • Marjorie Finnie 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rodgers at 2215. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the eight: a laborer and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Kitsilano. 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 Florence Finnie at 2050 Barclay Street, a widow. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Finnie at 916 Cardero Street. In 1940 the directory lists J C Finnie at 2196 East 4th 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 John C Finnie there as the householder, a laborer at the Alberta Wheat Pool, with Bert Finnie and William Finnie.

In 1940 the directory lists S B Finnie at 2932 Grant Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Stanford B Finnie there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M Finnie at 2205 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Marjorie Finnie there as the householder.

Today

2196 East 4th and 2932 Grant still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2050 Barclay, 916 Cardero and 2205 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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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.