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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tochers

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

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

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Where the Tochers 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

    17 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Eva Tocher 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Robinson at 23. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3966 Slocan Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W Tocher, a driver at BC Feed & Egg 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P Sorge at 3908 and C Davis at 3986. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1818 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs R Tocher, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Smith at 1816 and E H Grubbe at 1820. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eva Tocher at 17 East Broadway. W Tocher is listed at 3966 Slocan Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Tocher there as the householder, a driver at BC Feed & Egg.

Mrs R Tocher is listed at 1818 West 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Rebecca Tocher there as the householder, widow of W.

Today

3966 Slocan still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 17 East Broadway and 1818 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Tochers

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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.