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The Kinnairds

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at seven addresses

The directories print eleven people named Kinnaird at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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: four Kinnairds at 2149 Victoria Drive in 1940.

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Where the Kinnairds 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

    4569 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J R Kinnaird, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Barlow at 4539 and J E Purcell at 4577. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3636 East 26th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs N I Kinnaird, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver 1940
  3. 3

    1728 East 2nd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs J Kinnaird, widow of T 1940
    • George Kinnaird, a swamper 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Lyford at 1738. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3449 East 48th Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • J S Kinnaird, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A MacVicar at 3441 and P H Watson at 3465. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3509 East Georgia Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R C Kinnaird, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Lubbock at 3503 and J B Flynn at 3515. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1842 Stephens Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E Kinnaird, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F H Little at 1836. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2149 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R R Kinnaird, a master mariner 1940
    • Ellen S Kinnaird, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Isabel Kinnaird, a student 1940
    • Jean S Kinnaird, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Bartlett at 2143 and F G Fletcher at 2153. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a driver, an engineer, a laborer, a master mariner, an operator and a stenographer, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Killarney, Kitsilano and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 R Kinnaird at 4569 Commercial 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 James R Kinnaird there as the householder, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N I Kinnaird at 3636 East 26th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Nina I Kinnaird there as the householder, a stenographer at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Kinnaird at 1728 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jean Kinnaird there as the householder, widow of T, with George Kinnaird, a swamper. In 1940 the directory lists J S Kinnaird at 3449 East 48th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James S Kinnaird there as the householder, a driver at Johnston National Storage.

In 1940 the directory lists R C Kinnaird at 3509 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Kinnaird there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Kinnaird at 1842 Stephens Street. The 1940 name section lists Emma Kinnaird there as the householder, a widow.

In 1940 the directory lists R R Kinnaird at 2149 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Richard R Kinnaird there as the householder, a master mariner, with Ellen S Kinnaird, an operator at the BC Telephone, Isabel Kinnaird, a student, and Jean S Kinnaird, a student at UBC.

Today

3636 East 26th, 1728 East 2nd, 3509 East Georgia and 1842 Stephens still have their buildings from before 1946, 1842 Stephens on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4569 Commercial (2003) and 3449 East 48th (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2149 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 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.