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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Trowsdales

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Trowsdale 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 Trowsdales 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

    899 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • R W Trowsdale, a machinist operator at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Porter at 891. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3158 West 33rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Henry W Trowsdale, a manager at Paris Beauty Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Seaton at 3142 and C A Reade at 3176. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2843 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • E Trowsdale, a mechanic at Begg Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: D F McIntyre at 2831 and J Adams at 2855. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a machinist operator, a manager and a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West End. 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 R W Trowsdale at 899 Broughton Street, a machinist operator at the Province. The 1940 name section lists Henry W Trowsdale at 3158 West 33rd Avenue, a manager at Paris Beauty Supplies. In 1940 the directory lists E Trowsdale at 2843 West 37th Avenue; 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 Edgar Trowsdale there as the householder, a mechanic at Begg Motor.

Today

3158 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 2843 West 37th (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 899 Broughton, so that building is 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Trowsdales

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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.