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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Kinseys

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Kinsey at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Kinseys 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

    2601 Commercial Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W Kinsey, in plumbers 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Fasridge at 2605. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2613 Mackenzie Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Lois Kinsey 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Wilson at 2611 and R H Lawrence at 2675. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Kitsilano. 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 W Kinsey, in plumbers, at 2601 Commercial Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Lois Kinsey at 2613 Mackenzie Street.

Today

2613 Mackenzie still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2601 Commercial Drive (2001) has a newer building, by the City's record.

The staff of Duke's Grocery in their aprons and coats outside the store at 1588 Commercial Drive
1920 The staff of Duke's Grocery in their aprons and coats outside the store at 1588 Commercial Drive. Not at the house at 2601 Commercial Drive: no archive photo of the 2600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99 - 3274. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Kinseys

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Kinsey name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

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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.