A family name on Marguerite Street, Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy
The Sinclairs
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Sinclair at three addresses in 1940, all on Marguerite Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Sinclairs at 6188 Marguerite 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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Where the Sinclairs lived
- 1
6188 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- W B Sinclair, a department manager at Woodward's 1940
- H Lloyd Sinclair, a student at UBC 1940
- Irving F Sinclair, who worked for G E Ledder 1940
Next door in 1940: T S Dixon at 6162. The block, door by door
- 2
6355 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- J A Sinclair, a salesman for J Sinclair 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G Mannix at 6337 and D Carmichael at 6385. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a department manager, an employee, a maid and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (3). 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 W B Sinclair at 6188 Marguerite 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 William B Sinclair there as the householder, a department manager at Woodward's, with H Lloyd Sinclair, a student at UBC, and Irving F Sinclair, who worked for G E Ledder. In 1940 the directory lists J A Sinclair at 6355 Marguerite Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Sinclair there as the householder, a salesman for J Sinclair.
The 1940 name section lists Cath Sinclair at 6425 Marguerite Street, a maid for H W Givins.
Today
6355 Marguerite and 6425 Marguerite still have their buildings from before 1946; 6188 Marguerite (1989) 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.
- *Sinclair W B6188 Marguerite, p. 111
- Sinclair H Lloyd studt UBC6188 Marguerite, p. 563
- Sinclair Irving F emp G E Ledder6188 Marguerite, p. 563
- Sinclair Wm B dept mgr Woodwards6188 Marguerite, p. 563
- *Sinclair J A6355 Marguerite, p. 111
- Sinclair John A slsmn J Sinclair6355 Marguerite, p. 563
- Sinclair Cath maid H W Givins6425 Marguerite, p. 563
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.