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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trounces

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Trounce at six 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. The most under one roof: three Trounces at 4238 West 13th in 1940.

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Where the Trounces 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

    2022 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • William Trounce, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Wing Fur Co at 2020. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    412 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Studios Trounce, in signs 1940

    Next door in 1940: bank of toronto bldg at 410 and Ted's Lunch at 414. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    110 Water Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F W Trounce 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Whitaker at 108 and Acme Plmbg & Htg at 114. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4238 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • L J Trounce, proprietor of Trounce Studios 1940
    • K L Merle Trounce, an apprentice at Trounce Studios 1940
    • Patricia A Trounce, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Reid at 4232 and A F Barss at 4244. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4503 West 16th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G V Trounce, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: V A Pallot at 4507. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1464 West 5th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William H Trounce 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Fraser at 1454 and F Knight at 1472. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: an apprentice, a conductor, a proprietor and a school teacher. Two of them worked for Trounce Studios.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview (2) and West Point Grey (2). 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 William Trounce at 2022 Granville Street, retired. Studios Trounce, in signs, is listed at 412 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists F W Trounce at 110 Water Street.

L J Trounce is listed at 4238 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Louis J Trounce there as the householder, proprietor of Trounce Studios, with K L Merle Trounce, an apprentice at Trounce Studios, and Patricia A Trounce, a school teacher. G V Trounce is listed at 4503 West 16th Avenue 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 G Vernon Trounce there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway.

The 1940 name section lists William H Trounce at 1464 West 5th Avenue.

Today

110 Water, 4238 West 13th and 4503 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946, 110 Water on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2022 Granville, 412 Seymour and 1464 West 5th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Trounces

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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.