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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Troreys

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Trorey at three 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 Troreys 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

    857 Denman Street

    West End, 1940

    • H E Trorey 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Murdoch at 855 and Magnet Meat Mkt at 861. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    710 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • L G Trorey, a civil engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Shoppe Willingdon at 706 and Sylvia's Ltd at 712. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3932 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L G Trorey, a civil engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Bullen at 3922 and D G R Hardie at 3940. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a civil engineer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, West End and West Point Grey. 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 H E Trorey at 857 Denman Street. L G Trorey, a civil engineer, is listed at 710 Seymour Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists L G Trorey at 3932 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lyle G Trorey there as the householder, a civil engineer.

Today

3932 West 12th (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 857 Denman and 710 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Troreys

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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.