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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tinlings

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Tinling at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Tinlings 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

    1339 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E A Tinling, proprietor of Vancouver Stove Repair 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Blair at 1333 and G P Mallaby at 1343. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3043 Turner Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • L Frederick Tinling, proprietor of Modern Stoves & Ranges 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Skorah at 3037 and R W Singleton at 3079. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2140 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L S Tinling, who worked for Modern Stoves & Ranges 1940

    Next door in 1940: G J Ferguson at 2142. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a proprietor (2) and an employee. Two of them worked for Modern Stoves & Ranges.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise and Kitsilano. 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 E A Tinling at 1339 Richards Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward A Tinling there as the householder, proprietor of Vancouver Stove Repair. The 1940 name section lists L Frederick Tinling at 3043 Turner Street, proprietor of Modern Stoves & Ranges.

L S Tinling is listed at 2140 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lionel S Tinling there as the householder, who worked for Modern Stoves & Ranges.

Today

2140 West 4th (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1339 Richards and 3043 Turner, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Tinlings

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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.