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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Toreys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Torey at four 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 Toreys 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

    857 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • Henry E Torey, proprietor of Mode Hosiery & Lingerie 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Murdoch at 855 and Magnet Meat Mkt at 861. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    505 East 28th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • L G Torey, a chief clerk at the Liquor Control Board 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Warren at 535. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    431 East 31st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H B Torey, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Watt at 425 and Mrs R E Welch at 441. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    119 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H E Torey, an advertising counsel 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a chief clerk and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2), Downtown and West End. 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 Henry E Torey at 857 Denman Street as the householder, proprietor of Mode Hosiery & Lingerie. L G Torey is listed at 505 East 28th 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 Leslie G Torey there as the householder, a chief clerk at the Liquor Control Board.

H B Torey is listed at 431 East 31st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harvey B Torey there as the householder, a carpenter. H E Torey, an advertising counsel, is listed at 119 West Pender Street in 1940.

Today

505 East 28th, 431 East 31st and 119 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 857 Denman, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Toreys

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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.