Vancouver / Names / F / Flinn

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Flinns

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

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

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Flinns 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

    3876 Point Grey Road

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G E Flinn, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Virtue at 3858. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3537 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T H Flinn, an office manager at Slade & Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Woolfenden at 3531 and H J Matthews at 3543. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2745 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Harry Flinn, a salesman at Tuckett 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss E M Cowlin at 2749. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an office manager, a salesman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 G E Flinn at 3876 Point Grey Road; 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 George E Flinn there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel. In 1940 the directory lists T H Flinn at 3537 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Flinn there as the householder, an office manager at Slade & Stewart.

The 1940 name section lists Harry Flinn at 2745 West 3rd Avenue, a salesman at Tuckett.

Today

3537 West 33rd and 2745 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 2745 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 3876 Point Grey Road, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road
About 1912 A woman and three children sitting in the long grass in the yard of 2890 Point Grey Road. Not at the house at 3876 Point Grey Road: no archive photo of the 3800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Bu P113.3. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Flinns

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Flinn 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.