Vancouver / Names / T / Trew

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trews

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Trew 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Trews 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

    2633 Columbia Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Frederick Trew, proprietor of Trew & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Waterson at 2621 and J S Stusser at 2643. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2167 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mary Trew, widow of S 1940

    Next door in 1940: Quality Shoe Repairing at 2169. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    529 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Trew 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Bregani at 523 and J McLean at 537. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1964 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • John Trew, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Edmond at 1958 and B Mangnall at 1968. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2869 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William C Trew, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Price at 2855 and T O Smith at 2885. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Frederick Trew at 2633 Columbia Street, proprietor of Trew & Son. The 1940 name section lists Mary Trew at 2167 Dundas Street, widow of S. In 1940 the directory lists T Trew at 529 East 13th Avenue; 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 Theo Trew there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists John Trew at 1964 West 4th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists William C Trew at 2869 West 6th Avenue, retired.

Today

2167 Dundas, 529 East 13th and 2869 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2633 Columbia and 1964 West 4th, 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 Trews

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Trew 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

Another name, or a house

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.