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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shimmins

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Shimmin at four 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 Shimmins 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

    6010 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R L Shimmin 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Dingwall at 6030. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    156 East 35th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • P Shimmin, a stenographer 1940
    • Edward Shimmin, a janitor at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Christian at 146 and M P Beaton at 166. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    320 East 37th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • N Shimmin, a helper at the Sumner Brass Foundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S E Dinnes at 304 and L Badesso at 338. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5042 Nanaimo Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Shimmin, a driver at Johnston National Storage 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver, a helper, a janitor and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Dunbar-Southlands 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 R L Shimmin at 6010 Blenheim Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert L Shimmin there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists P Shimmin at 156 East 35th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Philip Shimmin there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver, with Phyllis A Shimmin, a stenographer, and Edward Shimmin, a janitor at the Canadian Government.

In 1940 the directory lists N Shimmin at 320 East 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Nicholas Shimmin there as the householder, a helper at the Sumner Brass Foundry. In 1940 the directory lists T Shimmin at 5042 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Shimmin there as the householder, a driver at Johnston National Storage.

Today

6010 Blenheim and 320 East 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 156 East 35th and 5042 Nanaimo, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Shimmins

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.