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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trants

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Trant at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Tranto. 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 Trants 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

    3425 Quadra Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • G A Trant, a school teacher 1940
    • Helen M Trant, a nurse at the Metro Health Unit Burnaby Corporation 1940
  2. 2

    326 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H B Trant 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Mann at 356. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    856 West 61st Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • F W Trant, a clerk at United Distillers 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Blais at 834 and D M Jones at 866. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2503 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A Tranto, proprietor of Snow White Cleaners 1940

    Next door in 1940: Earle's Coffee Shop at 2501 and F N Hill at 2505. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a nurse, a proprietor and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Marpole 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 G A Trant at 3425 Quadra Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Geoffrey A Trant there as the householder, a school teacher, with Helen M Trant, a nurse at the Metro Health Unit Burnaby Corporation. In 1940 the directory lists H B Trant at 326 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold B Trant there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists F W Trant at 856 West 61st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W Trant there as the householder, a clerk at United Distillers. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Tranto at 2503 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ann Tranto there as the householder, proprietor of Snow White Cleaners.

Today

3425 Quadra and 326 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 856 West 61st (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2503 West Broadway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.