A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Minas
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Mina at two addresses in 1940 in Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Minas lived
- 1
2615 East Hastings Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Mina, a shoe repairer 1940
Next door in 1940: S H Riddell at 2609. The block, door by door
- 2
2834 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Mina, a shoe repairer 1940
Next door in 1940: D C McKinnon at 2826 and C E Johnston at 2846. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a shoe repairer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 Mina, a shoe repairer, at 2615 East Hastings Street. A Mina is listed at 2834 Trinity 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Agostino Mina there as the householder, a shoe repairer.
Today
2834 Trinity still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2615 East Hastings, 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.
- Mina A shoe repr2615 East Hastings, p. 76
- *Mina A2834 Trinity, p. 157
- Mina Agostino shoe repr 2618 E Hastings2834 Trinity, p. 432
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Minas
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mina 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.