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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trevors

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Trevor at five addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Treavor. 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 Trevors 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

    8775 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J C W Trevor, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A Cartledge at 8757. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1906 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Godfrey H Trevor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A S Hobson at 1928. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8432 Shaughnessy Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C E Treavor, a plastering contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Pottinger at 8420 and G Pottinger at 8468. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2365 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T T Trevor, retired 1940
    • Reginald H Trevor, a clerk at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R McMeekin at 2355 and C N Oldaker at 2375. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2726 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A Trevor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Rainbow at 2724 and essex block at 2740. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a clerk (2) and a plastering contractor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Marpole (2) and West End. 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 J C W Trevor at 8775 Cartier Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J C Wesley Trevor there as the householder, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Godfrey H Trevor at 1906 Nelson Street.

C E Treavor, a plastering contractor, is listed at 8432 Shaughnessy 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 Charles E Treavor there as the householder, a plastering contractor. T T Trevor is listed at 2365 West 2nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Theophilus T Trevor there as the householder, retired, with Reginald H Trevor, a clerk at Union Oil.

Mrs A Trevor is listed at 2726 West 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Adelaide Trevor there as the householder.

Today

8775 Cartier (1976), 1906 Nelson (1959) and 2365 West 2nd (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8432 Shaughnessy and 2726 West 4th, so those buildings are 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, 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.