Vancouver / Names / T / Tepoorten

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tepoortens

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Tepoorten at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Tepoortens 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

    3300 Point Grey Road

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L J Tepoorten, an interior decorator at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: B T Lea at 3314. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4293 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D J Tepoorten, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J I Mutch at 4285. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2268 West 41st Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • F D Tepoorten, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B A Underhill at 2244 and Hairdressing Mayfair at 2272. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2895 West 42nd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F D Tepoorten, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Appleby at 2883. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6367 Yew Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Mrs E Tepoorten, widow of L F 1940
    • Burke Tepoorten, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Johnston at 6355 and L Patrick at 6379. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a dentist and an interior decorator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Arbutus Ridge, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 L J Tepoorten at 3300 Point Grey Road. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Louis J Tepoorten there as the householder, an interior decorator at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists D J Tepoorten at 4293 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Darrell J Tepoorten there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists F D Tepoorten, a dentist, at 2268 West 41st Avenue. F D Tepoorten is listed at 2895 West 42nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank D Tepoorten there as the householder, a dentist.

Mrs E Tepoorten is listed at 6367 Yew Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Effie Tepoorten there as the householder, widow of L F, with Burke Tepoorten, a student.

Today

3300 Point Grey Road and 4293 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2268 West 41st, 2895 West 42nd and 6367 Yew, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Yew Street from 4th Avenue, looking north down the hill to English Bay and Stanley Park
About 1910 Yew Street from 4th Avenue, looking north down the hill to English Bay and Stanley Park. Not at the house at 6367 Yew: no archive photo of the 6300 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1376-80.43. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Tepoortens

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Tepoorten name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.