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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Taits

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Tait at two addresses in 1940, all on Robson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 46 other streets too, all listed on the Tait name's own page.

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Where the Taits 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

    806 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H N Tait, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hoppe & Thorne at 804 and sprott-shaw bus sch at 812. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1084 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • R Tait, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Foster's Al Bky at 1082 and Titcomb's Sanitary Bky at 1086. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown 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

In 1940 the directory lists H N Tait, a jeweller, at 806 Robson Street. R Tait, a shoe repairer, is listed at 1084 Robson Street in 1940.

Today

The City no longer lists 806 Robson and 1084 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 2 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 Taits

Every directory, as one book

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.