A family name on East 40th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Taits
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Tait at one address, 150 East 40th Avenue in Riley Park, in 1940. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Tait name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Taits at home
- 1
150 East 40th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- John C Tait, a freight hand at the CPR 1940
- Mary J Tait, widow of R G 1940
Next door in 1940: V Potapenko at 112 and F Coulson at 158. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a freight hand. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 John C Tait at 150 East 40th Avenue, a freight hand at the CPR, with Mary J Tait, widow of R G.
Today
150 East 40th (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tait John C frt hd CPR150 East 40th, p. 600
- Tait Mary J wid R G150 East 40th, p. 600
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Taits
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Tait name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.