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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Triteses

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Trites at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Triteses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2027 East 41st Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F N Trites, a serviceman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Fletcher at 2041. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8291 French Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J W Trites, a transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Whillans at 8209. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8622 Osler Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Larry C Trites, a sawyer at H M Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A J McKendrick at 8614 and A Ferrier at 8686. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1158 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F K Trites, an underwriter at General Insurance 1940
    • Helen Trites, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Mann at 1152 and B F Cope at 1176. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1491 West 26th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Dr A E Trites, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Peirson at 1471. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    708 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • Mrs L Trites 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Drude at 740. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    925 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A E Trites, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a physician, a sawyer, a serviceman, a stenographer, a transfer and an underwriter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Downtown, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Oakridge and Shaughnessy. 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 N Trites at 2027 East 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frank N Trites there as the householder, a serviceman at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J W Trites, a transfer, at 8291 French 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 James W Trites there, a transfer.

The 1940 name section lists Larry C Trites at 8622 Osler Street, a sawyer at H M Shingle. F K Trites is listed at 1158 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank K Trites there as the householder, an underwriter at General Insurance, with Francis Trites, a timekeeper, and Helen Trites, a stenographer.

Dr A E Trites is listed at 1491 West 26th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Trites there as the householder, a physician. Mrs L Trites is listed at 708 West 52nd Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists A E Trites, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street.

Today

2027 East 41st (1976), 8291 French (1988) and 1491 West 26th (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8622 Osler, 1158 West 13th, 708 West 52nd and 925 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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.