A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Pinkhams
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Pinkham at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Pinkhams lived
- 1
837 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- Arnold H Pinkham, an accountant at Price Waterhouse & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door
- 2
3533 West King Edward Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J W Pinkham, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: D M McKenzie at 3527 and C V Sands at 3543. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an accountant and a manufacturers agent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Arnold H Pinkham at 837 West Hastings Street, an accountant at Price Waterhouse & Co. J W Pinkham is listed at 3533 West King Edward Avenue 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 lists John W Pinkham there as the householder, a manufacturers agent.
Today
3533 West King Edward still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 837 West Hastings (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Pinkham Arnold H acct Price Waterhouse & Co837 West Hastings, p. 495
- *Pinkham J W3533 West King Edward, p. 96
- Pinkham John W mfrs agt 32, 539 W Pender3533 West King Edward, p. 495
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Pinkhams
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Pinkham 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.