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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Maynes

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at eight addresses

The directories print twelve people named Mayne at eight 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: three Maynes at 2306 Kitchener in 1940.

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Where the Maynes 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

    2104 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John A Mayne, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Priaulx at 2110. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2306 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L F Mayne, an engineer at Canadian Marconi 1940
    • Margaret M Mayne, a stenographer 1940
    • Thomas F Mayne 1940
  3. 3

    1054 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss A R Mayne, rooms to let 1940
    • Alicia R Mayne, a pastor at West End Gospel Tabernacle 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Morrice at 1052 and J W Perry at 1060. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1157 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Mayne, who kept rooms to let 1940
    • Wilhelmina Mayne, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: V J Thomas at 1147 and K B Foyster at 1159. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2056 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E B Mayne, a janitor at the BC Mining Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: R McLeod at 2050 and J Davison at 2062. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3622 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Mayne, a salesman at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Murray at 3636. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2162 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Thomas C Mayne, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Martin at 2158 and H S Fox at 2166. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2316 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C J Mayne, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J A G Simpson at 2324. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the twelve: a bookkeeper, a carpenter, an engineer, a janitor, a painter and a pastor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John A Mayne at 2104 Alberta Street, retired. L F Mayne is listed at 2306 Kitchener Street in 1940; 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 Leo F Mayne there as the householder, an engineer at Canadian Marconi, with Margaret M Mayne, a stenographer, and Thomas F Mayne.

Miss A R Mayne, rooms to let, is listed at 1054 Melville Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alicia R Mayne there as the householder, a pastor at West End Gospel Tabernacle. J Mayne, rooms to let, is listed at 1157 Pendrell Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Mayne there, who kept rooms to let, with Wilhelmina Mayne, a bookkeeper.

E B Mayne is listed at 2056 Venables Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest B Mayne there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Mining Building. J Mayne is listed at 3622 West 30th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Mayne there as the householder, a salesman at Burns & Co.

The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Mayne at 2162 West 7th Avenue, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists C J Mayne at 2316 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles J Mayne there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

2104 Alberta, 2306 Kitchener and 1157 Pendrell still have their buildings from before 1946, 2104 Alberta and 1157 Pendrell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2056 Venables (1963) and 3622 West 30th (2015) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1054 Melville, 2162 West 7th and 2316 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Maynes

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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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.