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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Vints

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Vint 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. The most under one roof: three Vints at 1516 East 4th in 1940.

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Where the Vints 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

    1015 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Ethel F Vint 1940
    • Jessie F Vint, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Mori at 1005 and A S Arkley at 1037. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1516 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs B J Vint, widow of P 1940
    • Sam Vint, a wiper at Imperial Oil 1940
    • Winifred M Vint 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Westrand at 1510 and T M Pickering at 1530. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2663 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Louisa Vint, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Price at 2651 and R Petrowitz at 2675. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the six: a wiper. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and West End. 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 Mrs Ethel F Vint at 1015 Denman Street, with Jessie F Vint, a student. Mrs B J Vint is listed at 1516 East 4th 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 Bella J Vint there as the householder, widow of P, with Sam Vint, a wiper at Imperial Oil, and Winifred M Vint. The 1940 name section lists Louisa Vint at 2663 Eton Street, widow of R.

Today

1015 Denman (2015) and 2663 Eton (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1516 East 4th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Vints

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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.