A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tarrs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Tarr at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Tarrs lived
- 1
228 East Broadway
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- F Tarr, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss A B Merritt at 232. The block, door by door
- 2
5525 Trafalgar Street
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- W J Tarr, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: J G Proud at 5535. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a carpenter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Mount Pleasant. 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 F Tarr at 228 East Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank Tarr there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W J Tarr at 5525 Trafalgar Street; 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 lists Walter J Tarr there as the householder, a carpenter.
Today
5525 Trafalgar (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 228 East Broadway, so that building is 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.
- Tarr F228 East Broadway, p. 15
- Tarr Frank retired228 East Broadway, p. 601
- *Tarr W J5525 Trafalgar, p. 157
- Tarr Walter J carp5525 Trafalgar, p. 601
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tarrs
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.