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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Traills

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at nine addresses

The directories print eleven people named Traill at nine addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Trail. 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 Traills 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

    1686 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Herbert H Trail 1940

    Next door in 1940: P A De Ryk at 1666. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    507 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G Traill, a shipper at Brown Bros Bakeries 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Ferguson at 503 and J Sinclair at 509. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2455 East 5th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D Traill, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Abercrombie at 2449 and B Fridleifson at 2481. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2796 Grant Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • D O Trail, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Colquhoun at 2764. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1123 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs E McK Traill, rooms to let 1940
    • Robert Traill, a chief engineer at C W Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L S Alsen at 1115 and A Galbraith at 1127. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2326 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs L Trail 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nursing Home Bayview at 2320 and A M Brink at 2336. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2237 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Margaret Trail, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Birkett at 2227 and Miss M Philip at 2241. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4552 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • P Traill, a director at H Bell-Irving 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr T H Lennie at 4540 and G F B James at 4564. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1574 West 63rd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • A Trail, a mechanic at Canadian Liquid Air 1940
    • Dorothy B Trail, a writer 1940

    Next door in 1940: B Doran at 1570 and E C Baker at 1580. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a chief engineer, a director, a mechanic, a salesman, a saleswoman and a shipper, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kitsilano (2), West End (2), Marpole, Riley Park and West Point Grey. 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 Herbert H Trail at 1686 Barclay Street. G Traill is listed at 507 East 16th 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 George Traill there as the householder, a laborer, with George Traill Jr, a shipper at Brown Bros Bakeries.

D Traill is listed at 2455 East 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists David Traill there as the householder, a salesman. D O Trail is listed at 2796 Grant Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists David O Trail there as the householder, retired.

Mrs E McK Traill, rooms to let, is listed at 1123 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elizabeth McK Traill there, with Robert Traill, a chief engineer at C W Lumber. Mrs L Trail is listed at 2326 West 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Lillian Trail there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Margaret Trail at 2237 West 3rd Avenue, a saleswoman at Woolworths. In 1940 the directory lists P Traill at 4552 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Peter Traill there as the householder, a director at H Bell-Irving.

In 1940 the directory lists A Trail at 1574 West 63rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alex Trail there as the householder, a mechanic at Canadian Liquid Air, with Dorothy B Trail, a writer.

Today

2455 East 5th (1997), 2796 Grant (1988) and 4552 West 3rd (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1686 Barclay, 507 East 16th, 1123 Robson, 2326 West 1st, 2237 West 3rd and 1574 West 63rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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

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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.