A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tameses
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Tames 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 Tameses lived
- 1
817 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss C E Tames, a music teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: Deb Shop at 809 and Can Bank of Commerce at 819. The block, door by door
- 2
5614 Larch Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- E W Tames, an engineer at Burke Lumber 1940
- Christina E Tames, a music teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: T Horshauge at 5602. The block, door by door
- 3
5588 Olympic Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J A Tames, a salesman at Canadian Westinghouse 1940
Next door in 1940: H N De Hart at 5562. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an engineer, a music teacher and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Downtown and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 Miss C E Tames, a music teacher, at 817 Granville Street. E W Tames is listed at 5614 Larch Street 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Edward W Tames there as the householder, an engineer at Burke Lumber, with Christina E Tames, a music teacher.
J A Tames is listed at 5588 Olympic Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Tames there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Westinghouse.
Today
5588 Olympic still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 817 Granville and 5614 Larch, so those buildings are 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.
- Tames Miss C E mus tchr817 Granville, p. 65
- *Tames E W5614 Larch, p. 102
- Tames Christina E mus tchr 14, 817 Granville5614 Larch, p. 600
- Tames Edw W eng Burke Lbr5614 Larch, p. 600
- *Tames J A5588 Olympic, p. 122
- Tames John A slsmn Can Westinghse5588 Olympic, p. 600
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.