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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Traverses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Travers at six addresses in 1940 in two 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 Traverses 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

    4732 Belmont Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R F Travers, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Tchaperoff at 4726 and M B Dix at 4750. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4345 Locarno Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • C Travers 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Colvin at 4339 and A F Corker at 4363. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3215 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs C Travers, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Sewell at 3209 and W J Teasel at 3223. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3167 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Lenora H Travers, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lewerke at 3141. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4586 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Jessie K Travers 1940

    Next door in 1940: F P Luker at 4576 and G Darling at 4594. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1915 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs L Travers 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Burleigh at 1901 and J Spanier at 1925. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: an employee and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and West Point Grey (3). 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 R F Travers at 4732 Belmont Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert F Travers there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists C Travers at 4345 Locarno Crescent; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Mrs C Travers is listed at 3215 West 3rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cath Travers there as the householder, widow of R. The 1940 name section lists Lenora H Travers at 3167 West 5th Avenue, who worked for the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Jessie K Travers at 4586 West 7th Avenue.

Mrs L Travers is listed at 1915 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Louisa Travers there as the householder.

Today

3215 West 3rd, 3167 West 5th, 4586 West 7th and 1915 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946, 3167 West 5th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4732 Belmont (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4345 Locarno Crescent, 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.