A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Lindsays
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lindsay at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street. 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 40 other streets too, all listed on the Lindsay name's own page.
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Where the Lindsays lived
- 1
3955 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A G Lindsay, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: J O Grenier at 3953 and Dr W A Wilson at 3993. The block, door by door
- 2
4326 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mertie Lindsay, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: J Bryce at 4342. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an employee. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2). 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 A G Lindsay at 3955 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex G Lindsay there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Mertie Lindsay at 4326 Dunbar Street, a widow.
Today
3955 Dunbar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4326 Dunbar, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lindsay A G3955 Dunbar, p. 45
- Lindsay Alex G emp BC Tel3955 Dunbar, p. 349
- Lindsay Mertie wid —4326 Dunbar, p. 349
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lindsays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lindsay 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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Another name, or a house
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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.