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The Vines

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at nine addresses

The directories print ten people named Vine at nine addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Vines 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

    3261 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • May Vine, a waitress at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Peterson at 3237 and A G Church at 3273. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1760 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W H Vine, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Taylor at 1756 and G Waite at 1762. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1608 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Alfred Vine, retired 1940
  4. 4

    936 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs A E Vine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ladies My at 932 and New Palace Cafe at 938. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5562 Wallace Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C A Vine, a department manager at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Gould at 5538 and H L Purdy at 5588. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4023 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A J Vine, a pressman at Lumberman Printing 1940

    Next door in 1940: B S Kerr at 4017 and C T Wishart at 4027. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    91 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J H Vine, a miner 1940
    • Violet C Vine, a factory worker for Kelly Douglas 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Trumpour at 79. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2073 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Sarah Vine, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Moul at 2067 and L N Lindsay at 2077. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    149 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J J Vine, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Astoria Hotel at 147 and Carroll's Ltd at 151. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a department manager, a factory worker, a miner, a pressman, a salesman and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists May Vine at 3261 Adanac Street, a waitress at Woolworths. W H Vine is listed at 1760 East 14th Avenue 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 Walter H Vine there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Bakeries. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Vine at 1608 Franklin Street, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs A E Vine at 936 Granville Street. C A Vine is listed at 5562 Wallace Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Vine there as the householder, a department manager at Woodward's, with C A Lyall Vine, a clerk.

A J Vine is listed at 4023 West 18th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred J Vine there as the householder, a pressman at Lumberman Printing. J H Vine is listed at 91 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John H Vine there as the householder, a miner, with Violet C Vine, a factory worker for Kelly Douglas.

The 1940 name section lists Sarah Vine at 2073 West 3rd Avenue, a widow. The 1940 name section lists J J Vine at 149 West Hastings Street, retired.

Today

936 Granville, 5562 Wallace and 4023 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3261 Adanac (1985), 91 West 19th (1964) and 149 West Hastings (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1760 East 14th, 1608 Franklin and 2073 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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

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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.