The Sinclairs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at one address

The directories print four people named Sinclair at one address, 508 East 45th Avenue in Sunset, in 1940. The directories print the name on 77 other streets too, all listed on the Sinclair name's own page.

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The Sinclairs at home

Sunset

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).

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508 East 45th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J H Sinclair, in real estate 1940
- Cath O Sinclair, a stenographer for J H Sinclair 1940
- Evelyn B Sinclair, a student at UBC 1940
- R Elmer Sinclair, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Polglase at 524. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a real estate and a stenographer. Two of them worked for UBC.

Their neighbourhoods

The address is in Sunset. 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 J H Sinclair at 508 East 45th Avenue; 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 John H Sinclair there as the householder, in real estate, with J Henry Sinclair, an apprentice at Oxford Motors, John H Sinclair Jr, Cath O Sinclair, a stenographer for J H Sinclair, Evelyn B Sinclair, a student at UBC, and R Elmer Sinclair, a student at UBC.

Today

508 East 45th (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

1940

*Sinclair J H508 East 45th, p. 261
Sinclair Cath O sten J H Sinclair508 East 45th, p. 563
Sinclair Evelyn B studt UBC508 East 45th, p. 563
Sinclair J Henry appr Oxford Motors508 East 45th, p. 563
Sinclair John H real est 6464 Fraser508 East 45th, p. 563
Sinclair John H Jr508 East 45th, p. 563
Sinclair R Elmer studt UBC508 East 45th, p. 563

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Sinclairs

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Sinclair name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

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Another name, or a house

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.