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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tickners

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Tickner at three addresses in 1940 in Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Tickners at 5255 Aberdeen in 1940.

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Where the Tickners 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

    5255 Aberdeen Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E J Tickner, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940
    • Gordon W Tickner 1940
    • William E Tickner, a driver at Betterton Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Currie at 5225. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5010 Ann Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A J Tickner, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Hunter at 5070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5022 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E J Tickner 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Gladstone at 5030. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a laborer (2) and a driver. Two of them worked for BC Sugar.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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 J Tickner at 5255 Aberdeen 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 J Tickner there as the householder, a laborer at BC Sugar, with Gordon W Tickner, and William E Tickner, a driver at Betterton Bros. In 1940 the directory lists A J Tickner at 5010 Ann Street. The 1940 name section lists Albert J Tickner there as the householder, a laborer at BC Sugar.

In 1940 the directory lists E J Tickner at 5022 Joyce Street.

Today

5255 Aberdeen (1974), 5010 Ann (1968) and 5022 Joyce (1995) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.