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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Telfers

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at eight addresses

The directories print eight people named Telfer at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Telfers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1534 Balsam Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N F Telfer, a baker at Reids Delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: balsam (the) at 1546. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2215 Dunbar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jean M C Telfer, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H M E McKenzie at 2221. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1595 East 37th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • William Telfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Jones at 1517. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1747 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W Telfer, a warehouseman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Woods at 1741 and J Worley at 1751. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    412 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Carrie Telfer, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Giuriato at 410 and B Burlo at 416. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1165 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E T Telfer, a surveyor 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Rothstein at 1155 and C A Godfrey at 1175. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    351 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Jean Telfer, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Millar at 341 and J Burke at 361. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1173 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Peter Telfer, a shipper at the Valley Lumber Yards 1940

    Next door in 1940: A T Lyons at 1171 and W J Warhurst at 1193. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a baker, a school teacher, a shipper, a stenographer, a surveyor and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Strathcona. 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 N F Telfer at 1534 Balsam Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman F Telfer there as the householder, a baker at Reids Delicatessen. The 1940 name section lists Jean M C Telfer at 2215 Dunbar Street, a stenographer. The 1940 name section lists William Telfer at 1595 East 37th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists W Telfer at 1747 East 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Walter Telfer there as the householder, with Walter McP Telfer, a warehouseman. The 1940 name section lists Carrie Telfer at 412 Union Street, widow of D.

E T Telfer is listed at 1165 West 11th 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 Edward T Telfer there as the householder, a surveyor. The 1940 name section lists Jean Telfer at 351 West 17th Avenue, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Peter Telfer at 1173 West 8th Avenue, a shipper at the Valley Lumber Yards.

Today

1534 Balsam, 2215 Dunbar, 1747 East 5th and 412 Union still have their buildings from before 1946; 1595 East 37th (1977) and 351 West 17th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1165 West 11th and 1173 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.