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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trents

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Trent at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Trents at 3664 West 11th in 1940.

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Where the Trents 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

    1121 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Doris Trent 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Mackness at 1117 and F Poole at 1133. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4727 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs C Trent, widow of M 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Moffat at 4707 and Mrs N Crampton at 4751. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1743 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • S A Trent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M M Hood at 1737 and R Watson at 1749. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3664 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs S Trent, widow of J 1940
    • Arthur Trent, a clerk at Boultbee 1940
    • Gordon E Trent, a salesman 1940
    • John G D Trent, an attendant at the Alma Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Roote at 3658 and T A Hair at 3670. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3650 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs Eileen J Trent, a stenographer at H J Wells Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O McMinn at 3654. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: an attendant, a clerk, a salesman and a stenographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), West End (2) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Doris Trent at 1121 Harwood Street. Mrs C Trent is listed at 4727 Joyce Street in 1940; 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 lists Clarabelle Trent there as the householder, widow of M. The 1940 name section lists S A Trent at 1743 Nelson Street.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Trent at 3664 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Susan Trent there as the householder, widow of J, with Arthur Trent, a clerk at Boultbee, Gordon E Trent, a salesman, and John G D Trent, an attendant at the Alma Service. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Eileen J Trent at 3650 West 7th Avenue, a stenographer at H J Wells Lumber.

Today

3664 West 11th and 3650 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1121 Harwood (1954) and 4727 Joyce (2006) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1743 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Trents

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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.