A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Terraces
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Terrace 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 Terraces lived
- 1
1445 Cypress Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- R A Terrace, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss V L D Yates at 1435 and E W Wrightmeyer at 1455. The block, door by door
- 2
548 East 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- M C T Terrace, a salesman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Merchand at 542 and I Acutt at 554. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a conductor and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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 R A Terrace at 1445 Cypress 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert A Terrace there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists M C T Terrace at 548 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Maxwell C T Terrace there as the householder, a salesman at Woodward's.
Today
The City no longer lists 1445 Cypress and 548 East 10th, so those buildings are 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.
- *Terrace R A1445 Cypress, p. 39
- Terrace Robt A cond BCER1445 Cypress, p. 606
- Terrace M C T548 East 10th, p. 198
- Terrace Maxwell C T slsmn Woodwards548 East 10th, p. 606
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Terraces
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Terrace 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.
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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.