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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tippetts

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Tippett 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 Tippetts 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

    2736 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W N Tippett, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Craig at 2724 and W K Hood at 2742. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    122 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Tippett, a meat cutter 1940

    Next door in 1940: B E Richards at 118 and H G Thompson at 124. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a laborer and a meat cutter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise 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 W N Tippett at 2736 Charles 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 William N Tippett there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists W Tippett at 122 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William Tippett there as the householder, a meat cutter.

Today

2736 Charles (1975) and 122 West 8th (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 2736 Charles: no archive photo of the 2700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Tippetts

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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.