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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kinneys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Kinney at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Kinneys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2536 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J T Kinney, a student 1940
    • Dorothy J Kinney, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Prior at 2526 and V G Quinn at 2544. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    312 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J W Kinney, a director at Goodwin Shoe 1940
    • Harold W Kinney, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Findlay at 304 and J Ramsay at 328. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2161 East 60th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • T E Kinney, a pressman at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Horner at 2155 and J Green at 2169. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1279 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • E Kinney, who worked for Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: M T Fisher at 1269. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3606 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Esther L Kinney, a dietitian at the Vancouver City School Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J March at 3626. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a dietitian, a director, an employee, a pressman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Riley Park, Victoria-Fraserview 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 J T Kinney at 2536 Cornwall Avenue; 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 John T Kinney there as the householder, a manager at Jordan Co, with John T Kinney Jr, a student, and Dorothy J Kinney, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists J W Kinney at 312 East 32nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W Kinney there as the householder, a director at Goodwin Shoe, with Harold W Kinney, a salesman.

In 1940 the directory lists T E Kinney at 2161 East 60th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists T Earl Kinney there as the householder, a pressman at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists E Kinney at 1279 Nicola Street, who worked for Boeing's. The 1940 name section lists Esther L Kinney at 3606 West 33rd Avenue, a dietitian at the Vancouver City School Board.

Today

2536 Cornwall still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 312 East 32nd (2017), 1279 Nicola (1981) and 3606 West 33rd (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2161 East 60th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.