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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGinnises

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named McGinnis at six 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 McGinnises 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

    2020 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Effie McGinnis, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Fletcher at 2040. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1346 Cotton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G J McGinnis, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Yarco at 1330. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2755 East 22nd Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J McGinnis, a fireman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Russell at 2751 and S Hutchings at 2759. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3461 East Pender Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Mrs Nellie McGinnis, a waitress 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Salmon at 3455 and J Niklevea at 3463. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1948 Turner Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Malcolm W McGinnis, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Robinson at 1942 and W J McGill at 1950. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4147 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W McGinnis, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Ready at 4143 and H T Westmacott at 4153. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter, a fire captain, a fireman, an on active service, a stenographer and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Renfrew-Collingwood, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Effie McGinnis at 2020 Barclay Street, a stenographer. G J McGinnis is listed at 1346 Cotton Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gerald J McGinnis there as the householder, on active service.

J McGinnis is listed at 2755 East 22nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John McGinnis there as the householder, a fireman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Nellie McGinnis at 3461 East Pender Street, a waitress. The 1940 name section lists Malcolm W McGinnis at 1948 Turner Street, a carpenter.

W McGinnis is listed at 4147 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William McGinnis there as the householder, a fire captain at the City of Vancouver.

Today

3461 East Pender, 1948 Turner and 4147 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2755 East 22nd (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2020 Barclay and 1346 Cotton Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 McGinnises

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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.