A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Taits
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Tait at three addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
- 1
1543 West 3rd Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J F T Tait 1940
- Frank Tait, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Wilson at 1541 and S Kadonaga at 1547. The block, door by door
- 2
1992 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- F H Tait 1940
Next door in 1940: F H Chappell at 1986 and J Urwin at 1996. The block, door by door
- 3
2346 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Eva Tait, widow of T 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Hardy at 2336 and C Hadaway at 2356. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a fireman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and Fairview. 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 J F T Tait at 1543 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Tait there, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists F H Tait at 1992 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Eva Tait at 2346 West 3rd Avenue, widow of T.
Today
The City no longer lists 1543 West 3rd, 1992 West 3rd and 2346 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tait J F T1543 West 3rd, p. 178
- Tait Frank firmn CNSS1543 West 3rd, p. 600
- Tait F H1992 West 3rd, p. 179
- Tait Eva wid T2346 West 3rd, p. 600
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.