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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Traynors

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Traynor at three addresses in 1940 in West End. 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 Traynors 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

    884 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs L R Traynor, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1136 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Traynor (no first name printed) 1940
    • Reginald Traynor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Jenkins at 1134 and C Tame at 1140. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    998 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs J B Traynor, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door

What they did

Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (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 Mrs L R Traynor at 884 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lavinia R Traynor there as the householder, widow of W. The 1940 name section lists Traynor (no first name printed) at 1136 Comox Street, with Reginald Traynor.

Mrs J B Traynor is listed at 998 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Janet B Traynor there as the householder, widow of S.

Today

884 Bute, 1136 Comox and 998 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 884 Bute and 1136 Comox on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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, street section

The book of the Traynors

Every directory, as one book

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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.