A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Pintons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Pinton 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 Pintons lived
- 1
4746 Quebec Street
Riley Park, 1940
- R N Pinton, a salesman at International Harvester 1940
Next door in 1940: R Pearce at 4722 and J L Martin at 4764. The block, door by door
- 2
5898 Vine Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- E Pinton 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss F M Cope at 5886. The block, door by door
- 3
1544 West 57th Avenue
Marpole, 1940
- A E Pinton, a salesman at McKenzie White & Dunsmuir 1940
Next door in 1940: W C Mason at 1538 and G H Bailey at 1550. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a salesman (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Marpole and Riley Park. 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 R N Pinton at 4746 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Richard N Pinton there as the householder, a salesman at International Harvester. In 1940 the directory lists E Pinton at 5898 Vine Street. The 1940 name section lists Ernest Pinton there as the householder.
In 1940 the directory lists A E Pinton at 1544 West 57th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alan E Pinton there as the householder, a salesman at McKenzie White & Dunsmuir.
Today
1544 West 57th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1940 by the City's record; 4746 Quebec (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 5898 Vine, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Pinton R N4746 Quebec, p. 138
- Pinton Richd N slsmn Intl Harvester4746 Quebec, p. 495
- Pinton E5898 Vine, p. 164
- Pinton Ernest5898 Vine, p. 495
- Pinton A E1544 West 57th, p. 269
- Pinton Alan E slsmn McKenzie White & Dunsmuir1544 West 57th, p. 495
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Pintons
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.