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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rintouls

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Rintoul at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Rintouls 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

    2530 Carolina Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John B Rintoul, a clerk at the York Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: C N Abbott at 2520 and J Smith at 2548. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1980 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H Rintoul 1940
    • Sid W Rintoul, a locomotive fireman at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Smith at 1978 and P McGregor at 1982. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1015 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M Rintoul, widow of E H 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1017. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    6312 Elm Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • A E Rintoul, a customs broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: R L Hunt at 6338. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2662 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • William Rintoul, an engineer at Alberta Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A L Schwahn at 2656 and H J Curry at 2668. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    130 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Thomas Rintoul, a laborer at Western Steel Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Miles at 124 and E Poirier at 138. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    342 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A E Rintoul, a customs broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Beck at 340 and Lunch Pender at 344. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a clerk, a customs broker, an engineer, a laborer and a locomotive fireman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Kerrisdale. 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 John B Rintoul at 2530 Carolina Street, a clerk at the York Hotel. H Rintoul is listed at 1980 Charles Street 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 Hugh Rintoul there as the householder, with Sid W Rintoul, a locomotive fireman at the CNR.

Mrs M Rintoul, a confectioner, is listed at 1015 East Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists May Rintoul there, widow of E H. A E Rintoul is listed at 6312 Elm Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Rintoul there as the householder, a customs broker.

The 1940 name section lists William Rintoul at 2662 Franklin Street, an engineer at Alberta Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Rintoul at 130 West 10th Avenue, a laborer at Western Steel Products. A E Rintoul, a customs broker, is listed at 342 West Pender Street in 1940.

Today

1980 Charles and 1015 East Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 6312 Elm (2008), 2662 Franklin (1982) and 130 West 10th (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2530 Carolina and 342 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1980 Charles: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.