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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Sinclairs

In the city directories 1940 · 96 addresses on 78 streets

The directories print the Sinclair name at 96 addresses on 78 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Sinclairs lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. West End11 addresses
  2. Downtown10 addresses
  3. Kerrisdale9 addresses
  4. Grandview-Woodland7 addresses
  5. Riley Park7 addresses
  6. Fairview6 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  8. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  9. Strathcona5 addresses
  10. West Point Grey5 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  12. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  13. Kitsilano4 addresses
  14. South Cambie4 addresses
  15. Sunset3 addresses
  16. Marpole2 addresses
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  18. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  19. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Fairview; three people: D Sinclair, G L Sinclair and J Sinclair
    1940
  2. 2
    Main StreetThree addresses in Strathcona, Mount Pleasant and Sunset; three people: T J Sinclair, D A Sinclair and F D Sinclair
    1940
  3. 3
    Marguerite StreetThree addresses in Kerrisdale; five people: J A Sinclair, W B Sinclair and Cath Sinclair, and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: A M Sinclair, R Sinclair and D Sinclair, and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    Alberni StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Mrs E L Sinclair and Sinclair (no first name printed)
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: David M Sinclair and Margaret Sinclair
    1940
  7. 7
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Marian Sinclair, Miss M Sinclair and Sylvia R Sinclair
    1940
  8. 8
    East 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: R S Sinclair and William Sinclair
    1940
  9. 9
    East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; three people: A Sinclair, Mrs R D Sinclair and Ethel M Sinclair
    1940
  10. 10
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; two people: W Sinclair and Robert Sinclair
    1940
  11. 11
    West 16th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie and West Point Grey; two people: L R Sinclair and Isabelle Sinclair
    1940
  12. 12
    West 2nd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: J H Sinclair, Mrs Marion M Sinclair and Nita H Sinclair
    1940

66 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Alberta Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Ann Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Charles Street (1), Churchill Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cotton Drive (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Elgin Street (1), Frances Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Grant Street (1), Haro Street (1), Heather Street (1), Homer Street (1), John Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Oak Street (1), Osler Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Perry Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), Victoria Drive (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 51st Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (2), William Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 96 addresses, 42 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 37; each street's page names them.

The book of the Sinclairs

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under S. Want a name removed? Tell us.