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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Paines

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Paine at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Paines lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1323 Cypress Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C A Paine, a radio serviceman at Forsts 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Danby at 1317 and W A Sparks at 1335. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4677 Inverness Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T H Paine, a salesman 1940
    • Marjorie E Paine 1940
  3. 3

    5929 Trafalgar Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • R M Paine, an engineer in charge at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Paul B Paine, a student at Crux & Kennedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M I Murdoch at 5909 and R V Prenter at 5949. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an engineer in charge, a radio serviceman and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 C A Paine at 1323 Cypress Street; 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 Charles A Paine there as the householder, a radio serviceman at Forsts. In 1940 the directory lists T H Paine at 4677 Inverness Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Paine there as the householder, a salesman, with Marjorie E Paine.

In 1940 the directory lists R M Paine at 5929 Trafalgar Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Roy M Paine there as the householder, an engineer in charge at the BC Electric Railway, with Paul B Paine, a student at Crux & Kennedy.

Today

1323 Cypress and 5929 Trafalgar still have their buildings from before 1946; 4677 Inverness (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Paines

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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.