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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tamblings

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Tambling 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.

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Where the Tamblings 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

    2328 East 54th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • P J Tambling, a laborer 1940
    • Susan Tambling, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Torry at 2352. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2586 Napier Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C E Tambling, a manager for Arrow Batteries 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Prentice at 2580. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2500 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William Tambling, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Dier at 2524. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a laborer and a manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 P J Tambling at 2328 East 54th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Philip J Tambling there as the householder, a laborer, with Susan Tambling, widow of E. In 1940 the directory lists C E Tambling at 2586 Napier Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cyril E Tambling there as the householder, a manager for Arrow Batteries.

The 1940 name section lists William Tambling at 2500 West 1st Avenue, retired.

Today

2586 Napier still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 2328 East 54th (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2500 West 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.