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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gingells

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Gingell at five 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. The most under one roof: three Gingells at 849 East 15th in 1940.

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Where the Gingells 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

    856 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H Gingell 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Trasolini at 850 and J Stevenson at 862. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1067 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G F Gingell, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Alfred E Gingell, a foreman at the American News 1940

    Next door in 1940: A MacLean at 1061 and J S Murakami at 1071. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    849 East 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Gingell 1940
    • Harold D Gingell 1940
    • Roy E Gingell, a fitter at Glaspie Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Peterson at 843 and W J Badcock at 857. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    657 East 26th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A H Gingell, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Thompson at 649 and S W C Coen at 663. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5080 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Reginald Gingell, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Blinkhorn at 5066 and A H Henderson at 5096. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a conductor (2), a fitter, a foreman and a laborer. Two of them worked for BC Electric Railway.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and Riley Park (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 H Gingell at 856 East 12th 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 Herbert Gingell there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G F Gingell at 1067 East 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George F Gingell there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Alfred E Gingell, a foreman at the American News.

In 1940 the directory lists W Gingell at 849 East 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter Gingell there as the householder, with Harold D Gingell, and Roy E Gingell, a fitter at Glaspie Lumber. In 1940 the directory lists A H Gingell at 657 East 26th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert H Gingell there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists Reginald Gingell at 5080 Prince Edward Street, a laborer.

Today

1067 East 12th and 657 East 26th still have their buildings from before 1946; 849 East 15th (1992) and 5080 Prince Edward (1946) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 856 East 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.