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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ringhams

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Ringham 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 Ringhams lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1822 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G F Ringham, a linotype operator at the Point Grey News 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McDonald at 1810 and A Booth at 1830. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    123 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alex Ringham 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1529 West 4th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M J Ringham 1940
    • Meryl M Ringham, a stenographer at Sterling Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Dunlop at 1527 and A Critchley at 1531. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a linotype operator and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 G F Ringham at 1822 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George F Ringham there as the householder, a linotype operator at the Point Grey News. The 1940 name section lists Alex Ringham at 123 Powell Street.

Mrs M J Ringham is listed at 1529 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marilda J Ringham there as the householder, with Meryl M Ringham, a stenographer at Sterling Laundry.

Today

1822 East 14th (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 123 Powell and 1529 West 4th, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Ringhams

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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.