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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Irvines

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Irvine at two addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, with the close spelling Irvin. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Irvine name's own page.

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Where the Irvines 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

    44 West Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J Irvine, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Connolly at 36 and W Dawson at 48. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1376 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Irvine 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Rowlands at 1364 and Willock Truck Equip at 1378. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 J Irvine at 44 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Irvine there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists J Irvine at 1376 West Broadway; 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 Irvine there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 44 West Broadway and 1376 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Irvines

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.