A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Innises
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Innis at four 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.
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Where the Innises lived
- 1
945 Commercial Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F N Innis 1940
Next door in 1940: king block at 943 and Mrs W Millington at 949. The block, door by door
- 2
1965 Cornwall Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs C G Innis, widow of R W 1940
- Ruth G Innis, a stenographer at Dominion Glass 1940
Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 1945 and G N Stowe at 1995. The block, door by door
- 3
2842 Waterloo Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mary E R Innis, widow of W R K 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Birch at 2828 and H B Ward at 2856. The block, door by door
- 4
1040 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- Helen Innis 1940
Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Grandview-Woodland 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 F N Innis at 945 Commercial Drive. Mrs C G Innis is listed at 1965 Cornwall Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charlotte G Innis there as the householder, widow of R W, with Ruth G Innis, a stenographer at Dominion Glass. The 1940 name section lists Mary E R Innis at 2842 Waterloo Street, widow of W R K.
The 1940 name section lists Helen Innis at 1040 West Georgia Street.
Today
2842 Waterloo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 1040 West Georgia (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 945 Commercial Drive and 1965 Cornwall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Innis F N945 Commercial Drive, p. 32
- Innis Mrs C G1965 Cornwall, p. 37
- Innis Charlotte G wid R W1965 Cornwall, p. 295
- Innis Ruth G sten Dom Glass1965 Cornwall, p. 295
- Innis Mary E R wid W R K2842 Waterloo, p. 295
- Innis Helen1040 West Georgia, p. 295
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Innises
Every directory, as one book
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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 I. Want a name removed? Tell us.