A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Vinalls
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Vinall at two addresses in 1940 in Killarney. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Vinalls lived
- 1
2861 East 43rd Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- H R Vinall, a furniture finisher 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Norman at 2857 and A Wilson at 2865. The block, door by door
- 2
3665 East 48th Avenue
Killarney, 1940
- Mrs L Vinall, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
- Lillian Vinall, who worked for National Lunch 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Taylor at 3627. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an employee (2) and a furniture finisher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Killarney (2). 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 H R Vinall at 2861 East 43rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold R Vinall there as the householder, a furniture finisher. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Vinall at 3665 East 48th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian Vinall there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone, with Lillian Vinall, who worked for National Lunch.
Today
2861 East 43rd (1968) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3665 East 48th, so that building is 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.
- Vinall H R2861 East 43rd, p. 259
- Vinall Harold R furn fnshr2861 East 43rd, p. 634
- Vinall Mrs L3665 East 48th, p. 264
- Vinall Mrs Lillian emp BC Tel3665 East 48th, p. 634
- Vinall Lillian emp Natl Lunch3665 East 48th, p. 634
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Vinalls
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.