A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Pinkneys
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Pinkney 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 Pinkneys lived
- 1
1275 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F L Pinkney, a jam maker at Canadian Canners 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Bell at 1265. The block, door by door
- 2
36 West 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Lillian Pinkney, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: A Gray at 34 and F D Carlisle at 38. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a jam maker and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 F L Pinkney at 1275 East 24th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank L Pinkney there as the householder, a jam maker at Canadian Canners. The 1940 name section lists Lillian Pinkney at 36 West 15th Avenue, a stenographer.
Today
1275 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 36 West 15th, 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.
- Pinkney F L1275 East 24th, p. 238
- Pinkney Frank L jam mkr Can Canners1275 East 24th, p. 495
- Pinkney Lillian sten36 West 15th, p. 495
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Pinkneys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Pinkney 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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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.