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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kinleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Kinley 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.

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Where the Kinleys 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

    1601 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E M Kinley, widow of J R 1940
    • Ralph F Kinley 1940

    Next door in 1940: M E Campbell at 1609. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1260 Connaught Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W T Kinley, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: B S Brown Jr at 1250 and Mrs A M Tooker at 1272. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    528 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Anne E Kinley, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Miller at 544. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a master mariner and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy, Sunset 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 Mrs E M Kinley at 1601 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Esther M Kinley there as the householder, widow of J R, with Ralph F Kinley. In 1940 the directory lists W T Kinley at 1260 Connaught Drive; 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 William T Kinley there as the householder, a master mariner.

The 1940 name section lists Anne E Kinley at 528 East 51st Avenue, a school teacher.

Today

1601 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1260 Connaught Drive (1987) and 528 East 51st (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1601 Comox: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.