A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Trenholmes
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Trenholme at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Trenholmes lived
- 1
2455 East 39th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- F M Trenholme 1940
- Osborne M Trenholme 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Wilde at 2441. The block, door by door
- 2
907 Howe Street
Downtown, 1940
- A A Trenholme, a collector 1940
- Frederick A Trenholme, a seaman 1940
Next door in 1940: W Takasaki at 901 and Royal Parking Serv at 925. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a collector and a seaman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 F M Trenholme at 2455 East 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick M Trenholme there as the householder, with Osborne M Trenholme. In 1940 the directory lists A A Trenholme at 907 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists Archibald A Trenholme there as the householder, a collector, with Frederick A Trenholme, a seaman.
Today
2455 East 39th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 907 Howe, so that building is 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.
- Trenholme F M2455 East 39th, p. 255
- Trenholme Fredk M2455 East 39th, p. 618
- Trenholme Osborne M2455 East 39th, p. 618
- Trenholme A A907 Howe, p. 88
- Trenholme Arch A collr907 Howe, p. 618
- Trenholme Fredk A seamn907 Howe, p. 618
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Trenholmes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Trenholme name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.