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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ginns

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Ginn at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Gin. 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 Ginns 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

    1746 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • R W Ginn, a barrister 1940
    • Agnes Ginn, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R Turcott at 1736 and J H Bell at 1748. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    355 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R W Ginn, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bank of Montreal at 385. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2619 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R L Ginn, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Handy Store at 2621. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    717 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Sai Kam Gin 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Saari at 713 and Mrs I Skamers at 719. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    274 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Lee Gin, a laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sing Fong Sam at 272 and Mrs C Hanson at 278. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise 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

In 1940 the directory lists R W Ginn at 1746 Barclay Street; 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 Roy W Ginn there as the householder, a barrister, with Agnes Ginn, widow of W. In 1940 the directory lists R W Ginn, a barrister, at 355 Burrard Street.

R L Ginn is listed at 2619 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists R Leslie Ginn there as the householder, on active service. Sai Kam Gin is listed at 717 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Sai Kam Gin there as the householder.

Lee Gin, a laundry, is listed at 274 Union Street in 1940.

Today

355 Burrard and 2619 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1746 Barclay, 717 East Pender and 274 Union, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1746 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

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, street section

The book of the Ginns

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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.