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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pinches

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Pinch 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 Pinches 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

    829 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Harold Pinch, a salesman at E Y Hammer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Moore at 827 and N Briggs at 831. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2535 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Vincent Pinch, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Pitt at 2529. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2555 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss E C Pinch 1940
    • E Clare Pinch 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Ashfield at 2545 and D Morrison at 2565. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Renfrew-Collingwood and Strathcona. 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 Harold Pinch at 829 East Georgia Street, a salesman at E Y Hammer. The 1940 name section lists Vincent Pinch at 2535 Kingsway, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists Miss E C Pinch at 2555 West 2nd 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 E Clare Pinch there as the householder.

Today

829 East Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record; 2535 Kingsway (2005) and 2555 West 2nd (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Pinches

Every directory, as one book

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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.