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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Timminses

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eight addresses

The directories print eleven people named Timmins at eight addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Timminses at 5521 Dundee in 1940.

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Where the Timminses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4004 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Nellie F Timmins, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Holmes at 4038. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    536 Drake Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E W Timmins, a machinist at Chapman's Motor Machine Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S Grundy at 534 and W F Spina at 540. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5521 Dundee Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • G Timmins, a vulcanizer for F G Cheeseman 1940
    • Effie E Timmins, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • James Timmins, a laborer at BC Fir 1940

    Next door in 1940: S M B Smith at 5511. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1248 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R B Timmins, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Urwin at 1246 and C H Marshall at 1250. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4688 Gothard Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • M Timmins, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940
    • Irene M Timmins, a packer at Macdonalds Consolidated 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Elliott at 4672. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1375 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R C Timmins, a salesman at Watkins-Winram 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Bailey at 1365 and grange (the) at 1395. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    4024 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • P R Timmins, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Harper at 4034. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    57 West Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A Timmins, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: City Clo Exch at 53 and Sullivan Block at 61. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the eleven: a salesman (2), a fireman, a laborer, a logger, a machinist and a packer, among others. Two of them worked for Macdonalds Consolidated. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Nellie F Timmins at 4004 Commercial Street, widow of G. E W Timmins is listed at 536 Drake Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest W Timmins there as the householder, a machinist at Chapman's Motor Machine Shop.

G Timmins is listed at 5521 Dundee Street 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 George Timmins there as the householder, a vulcanizer for F G Cheeseman, with Effie E Timmins, a saleswoman at Spencer's, and James Timmins, a laborer at BC Fir. R B Timmins is listed at 1248 East 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert B Timmins there as the householder, a salesman.

M Timmins is listed at 4688 Gothard Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Math Timmins there as the householder, a warehouseman at Macdonalds Consolidated, with Irene M Timmins, a packer at Macdonalds Consolidated. R C Timmins is listed at 1375 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Timmins there as the householder, a salesman at Watkins-Winram.

P R Timmins is listed at 4024 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Percy R Timmins there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver. The 1940 name section lists A Timmins at 57 West Cordova Street, a logger.

Today

1248 East 11th, 1375 West 14th, 4024 West 15th and 57 West Cordova still have their buildings from before 1946, 57 West Cordova on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4004 Commercial (1983), 5521 Dundee (1992) and 4688 Gothard (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 536 Drake, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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 Timminses

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.