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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tetlocks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Tetlock at three addresses in 1940 in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Tetlocks at 5305 Chester in 1940.

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Where the Tetlocks lived

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

    5069 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E C Tetlock, a chief engineer at North West Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R McDonald at 5059 and J B Newall at 5079. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5305 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • M Tetlock, a coolerman at Burns & Co 1940
    • Elsie E Tetlock 1940
    • Harold G Tetlock, a packer at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: J R Forbes at 5311. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1876 East 36th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C A Tetlock, a carpenter at Timber Preservers 1940
    • Doug Tetlock 1940
    • Herbert S Tetlock, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Stanway at 1866. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a carpenter, a chief engineer, a coolerman, a laborer and a packer. Two of them worked for Burns & Co.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). 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 E C Tetlock at 5069 Chester 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 Ernest C Tetlock there as the householder, a chief engineer at North West Towing. In 1940 the directory lists M Tetlock at 5305 Chester Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Melville Tetlock there as the householder, a coolerman at Burns & Co, with Elsie E Tetlock, and Harold G Tetlock, a packer at Burns & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists C A Tetlock at 1876 East 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cecil A Tetlock there as the householder, a carpenter at Timber Preservers, with Doug Tetlock, and Herbert S Tetlock, a laborer.

Today

1876 East 36th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 5069 Chester (1975) and 5305 Chester (1971) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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

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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.