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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Vincenzis

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Vincenzi at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Vincenzis at 720 East King Edward in 1940.

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Where the Vincenzis 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

    720 East King Edward Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • L J Vincenzi, a driver at the Vancouver Parks Board 1940
    • Frederick A Vincenzi 1940
    • Ron J Vincenzi 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Dalton at 726. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    786 East King Edward Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs M Vincenzi, widow of L 1940
    • Henry Vincenzi 1940
    • William Vincenzi, a laborer at Vancouver & District Joint Sewerage 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C B Mawdsley at 766. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    70 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Vincenzi, a master mariner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C L McDougall at 56 and Mrs H Bazeley at 76. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a driver, a laborer and a master mariner. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park. 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 L J Vincenzi at 720 East King Edward Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Louis J Vincenzi there as the householder, a driver at the Vancouver Parks Board, with Frederick A Vincenzi and Ron J Vincenzi. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Vincenzi at 786 East King Edward Avenue; 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 Minnie Vincenzi there as the householder, widow of L, with Henry Vincenzi, and William Vincenzi, a laborer at Vancouver & District Joint Sewerage.

In 1940 the directory lists A Vincenzi at 70 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Vincenzi there as the householder, a master mariner.

Today

786 East King Edward and 70 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946, 786 East King Edward on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 720 East King Edward (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Vincenzis

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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 V. Want a name removed? Tell us.