A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Troops
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Troop at four 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.
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Where the Troops lived
- 1
- 2
5022 Chester Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs R Troop 1940
- Vivian Troop 1940
Next door in 1940: W D Gibbs at 5014 and F E Brabant at 5032. The block, door by door
- 3
- 4
3996 Cypress Street
Shaughnessy, 1940
- G R F Troop, a secretary-treasurer at the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a meat cutter, a mining and a secretary-treasurer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2), Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Norman E Troop at 4176 Alexandra Street, in mining. Mrs R Troop is listed at 5022 Chester Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Rose Troop there as the householder, with Vivian Troop.
W A Troop is listed at 936 Clark Drive 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 William A Troop there as the householder, a meat cutter. G R F Troop is listed at 3996 Cypress Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George R F Troop there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation.
Today
3996 Cypress still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 4176 Alexandra (1961), 5022 Chester (1978) and 936 Clark Drive (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Troop Norman E mining4176 Alexandra, p. 619
- Troop Mrs R5022 Chester, p. 29
- Troop Mrs Rose5022 Chester, p. 619
- Troop Vivian5022 Chester, p. 619
- *Troop W A936 Clark Drive, p. 31
- Troop Wm A meat ctr936 Clark Drive, p. 619
- *Troop G R F3996 Cypress, p. 39
- Troop Geo R F sec-treas Yukon Consol Gold Corpn3996 Cypress, p. 619
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Troops
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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.