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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Teetzels

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Teetzel at four 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 Teetzels at 3391 West 40th in 1940.

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Where the Teetzels 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

    2620 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs H F Teetzel 1940
    • Lorin F Teetzel, a clerk for Northwestern Mutual 1940

    Next door in 1940: F V Kanel at 2632. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    441 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C R Teetzel, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sunny Dale Coffee Shop at 437 and Sandy's Billiards at 443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3391 West 40th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C R Teetzel, a manufacturers agent 1940
    • Edmond Teetzel 1940
    • Gwynneth Teetzel, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Huntington at 3377. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    940 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joseph C Teetzel, proprietor of Merchants Exchange Cigar Stand 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lundberg A Co at 938 and L J Mahrer at 942. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a clerk, a manufacturers agent and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Dunbar-Southlands 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 Mrs H F Teetzel at 2620 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Hazel F Teetzel there as the householder, with Lorin F Teetzel, a clerk for Northwestern Mutual. In 1940 the directory lists C R Teetzel, a manufacturers agent, at 441 Seymour Street.

C R Teetzel is listed at 3391 West 40th Avenue 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 lists C Roy Teetzel there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Edmond Teetzel, and Gwynneth Teetzel, a student. The 1940 name section lists Joseph C Teetzel at 940 West Pender Street, proprietor of Merchants Exchange Cigar Stand.

Today

2620 Hemlock still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 3391 West 40th (2019) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 441 Seymour and 940 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Teetzels

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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.