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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tynans

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Tynan 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 Tynans lived

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

    560 Beatty Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H E Tynan 1940

    Next door in 1940: B M Bremner at 554 and Macdonald & Wilson at 562. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3508 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H E Tynan, a president at Biltwell Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: H E Symons at 3520. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2055 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Tynan, a superintendent at McGavin 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Thomas at 2027 and R Gill at 2059. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a president and a superintendent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists H E Tynan at 560 Beatty Street. H E Tynan is listed at 3508 Blenheim 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 Henry E Tynan there as the householder, a president at Biltwell Furniture.

J Tynan is listed at 2055 West 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Tynan there as the householder, a superintendent at McGavin.

Today

560 Beatty and 2055 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946, 560 Beatty on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3508 Blenheim (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Tynans

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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.