A family name on East 46th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Lindsays
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Lindsay at two addresses in 1940, all on East 46th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Lindsays at 586 East 46th in 1940. 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
586 East 46th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J W Lindsay, a barber at Triangle Barber Shop 1940
- Arlene A J Lindsay, a maid 1940
- Patricia L Lindsay, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
- Ruth F Lindsay 1940
Next door in 1940: F E May at 576 and H Voth at 596. The block, door by door
- 2
2066 East 46th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J R Lindsay, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Gill at 2050 and A Colclough at 2098. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a barber, an employee, a maid and a motorman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 W Lindsay at 586 East 46th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J William Lindsay there as the householder, a barber at Triangle Barber Shop, with Arlene A J Lindsay, a maid, Patricia L Lindsay, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Ruth F Lindsay. In 1940 the directory lists J R Lindsay at 2066 East 46th 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 lists John R Lindsay there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
586 East 46th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1908 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2066 East 46th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lindsay J W586 East 46th, p. 262
- Lindsay Arlene A J maid586 East 46th, p. 349
- Lindsay J Wm barber Triangle Barber Shop586 East 46th, p. 349
- Lindsay Patricia L emp BC Tel586 East 46th, p. 349
- Lindsay Ruth F586 East 46th, p. 350
- *Lindsay J R2066 East 46th, p. 262
- Lindsay John R mtrmn BCER2066 East 46th, 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.