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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tarlings

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Tarling at five 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. The most under one roof: three Tarlings at 309 West 7th in 1940.

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Where the Tarlings 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

    1338 East 19th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W A Tarling, a sales manager at BC Towel 1940
    • Ray Tarling, a reviser at Empire Universal Films 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rowlands at 1328 and Mrs E Shelton at 1348. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4184 Inverness Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H E Tarling, an accountant at Scale Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Shanks at 4170 and F H Edwards at 4194. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3958 West 16th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F E Tarling, a driver at Pioneer Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Doty at 3952 and J G Rutherford at 3970. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    309 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs E Tarling 1940
    • Edith Tarling 1940
    • Oliver Tarling 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Ife at 303 and Mrs M Fleming at 315. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    115 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Tarling, retired 1940
    • Helen V Tarling, a stenographer for T G McBride 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Robinson at 109 and F W Crickard at 117. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an accountant, a driver, a reviser, a sales manager and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Mount Pleasant (2) 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 W A Tarling at 1338 East 19th 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 William A Tarling there as the householder, a sales manager at BC Towel, with Ray Tarling, a reviser at Empire Universal Films. In 1940 the directory lists H E Tarling at 4184 Inverness Street. The 1940 name section lists Harold E Tarling there as the householder, an accountant at Scale Shop.

In 1940 the directory lists F E Tarling at 3958 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank E Tarling there as the householder, a driver at Pioneer Laundry. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Tarling at 309 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edith Tarling there as the householder, with Oliver Tarling.

In 1940 the directory lists A Tarling at 115 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Tarling there as the householder, retired, with Helen V Tarling, a stenographer for T G McBride.

Today

1338 East 19th, 4184 Inverness, 3958 West 16th and 309 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 309 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 115 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.