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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. 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

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

    1276 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Helen C Sinclair, a seed analyst at the Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J E Pounder at 1266 and rayleigh (the) at 1290. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4014 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A M Sinclair, an annuities representative at the Canadian Government 1940
    • D Sinclair, a sub manager at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Donnan at 4006 and E L Egan at 4022. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4049 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R Sinclair, a master mariner 1940
    • Mrs Alice Sinclair, proprietor of Marine Building Cigar Stand 1940

    Next door in 1940: D M Walls at 4041 and C H Booth at 4055. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: an annuities representative, a master mariner, a proprietor, a seed analyst and a sub manager. Two of them worked for Canadian Government.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 Helen C Sinclair at 1276 West 13th Avenue, a seed analyst at the Canadian Government. A M Sinclair is listed at 4014 West 13th Avenue 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 Archibald M Sinclair there as the householder, an annuities representative at the Canadian Government, with D Sinclair, a sub manager at the Province.

R Sinclair is listed at 4049 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert Sinclair there as the householder, a master mariner, with Mrs Alice Sinclair, proprietor of Marine Building Cigar Stand.

Today

4014 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 4049 West 13th (2020) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1276 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Sinclairs

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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.