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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pinchins

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Pinchin at four 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 Pinchins 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

    2415 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E F Pinchin, a baker at Spencer's 1940
    • George K Pinchin, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Baldrey at 2409 and W Herod at 2421. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1794 Frances Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • S F Pinchin, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Carbone at 1786. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1525 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H P Pinchin, a baker at Mother Hubbard Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Smith at 1537. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3521 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Herbert K Pinchin, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Victor L Pinchin 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Cockburn at 3513 and W English at 3529. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a baker (2), a helper, a painter and a police officer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Dunbar-Southlands 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 E F Pinchin at 2415 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edwin F Pinchin there as the householder, a baker at Spencer's, with George K Pinchin, a police officer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists S F Pinchin at 1794 Frances Street. The 1940 name section lists Stuart F Pinchin there as the householder, a painter.

In 1940 the directory lists H P Pinchin at 1525 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Harold P Pinchin there as the householder, a baker at Mother Hubbard Bakery. The 1940 name section lists Herbert K Pinchin at 3521 West 34th Avenue, a helper at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Victor L Pinchin.

Today

2415 Dunbar and 1794 Frances still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1525 Victoria Drive and 3521 West 34th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 2415 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 2400 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. Public domain.

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, street section

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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.