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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trims

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Trim at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Trims 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

    1065 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E M Trim 1940

    Next door in 1940: mayfair apts at 1019. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1086 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Evelyn M Trim, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E L Monkman at 1036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    28 East 37th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E Trim, an engineer 1940
    • James Trim, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Wilson at 18 and G M Hunter at 42. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2666 Eton Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F W Trim, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Towler at 2654 and J J Pickering at 2676. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1738 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H Trim, an engineer at Canadian Fishing 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Wood at 1730 and Mrs M Whittaker at 1742. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an engineer (2), a clerk, a laborer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Riley Park. 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 Miss E M Trim at 1065 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Evelyn M Trim at 1086 Bute Street as the householder, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists E Trim at 28 East 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward Trim there as the householder, an engineer, with James Trim, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists F W Trim at 2666 Eton Street; 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 Frederick W Trim there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists H Trim at 1738 Napier Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry Trim there as the householder, an engineer at Canadian Fishing.

Today

1065 Bute, 1086 Bute and 28 East 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1738 Napier (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2666 Eton, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.