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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trembleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Trembley at three 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 Trembleys 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

    205 Abbott Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Trembley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Belmont Clnrs & Dyers at 201 and Bert's Cafe at 207. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    621 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs C Trembley 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Johnson at 607 and Mrs I D McDermott at 629. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    75 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs C J Trembley, widow of J A 1940
    • David E Trembley, a trainman 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Coltman at 53. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a trainman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E Trembley at 205 Abbott Street, retired. Mrs C Trembley is listed at 621 Cambie Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Cora Trembley there as the householder.

Mrs C J Trembley is listed at 75 East 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clara J Trembley there as the householder, widow of J A, with David E Trembley, a trainman.

Today

75 East 8th (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 205 Abbott and 621 Cambie, so those buildings are 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 Trembleys

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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.