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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Toiravilles

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named Toiraville at two addresses in 1940 in Marpole, with the close spelling Torraville. 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 Toiravilles lived

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

    8112 Heather Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • T Torraville, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Kleaman at 8176. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8911 Hudson Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • F Toiraville 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Roberts at 8907 and J G McGregor at 8923. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2). 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 T Torraville at 8112 Heather Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Torraville there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists F Toiraville at 8911 Hudson Street. The 1940 name section lists Fred Toiraville there as the householder.

Today

The City no longer lists 8112 Heather and 8911 Hudson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firemen and their horse-drawn wagons at Fire Hall No. 10, Heather Street and 13th Avenue
15 July 1912 Firemen and their horse-drawn wagons at Fire Hall No. 10, Heather Street and 13th Avenue. Not at the house at 8112 Heather: no archive photo of the 8100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P48. 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 Toiravilles

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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.