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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Truscotts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Truscott 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 Truscotts 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

    5 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs L Truscott, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Hutchinson at 25. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1661 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E J Truscott, a trucker at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: L D Woodcock at 1657 and commercial apts at 1675. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1265 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J A R Truscott, a trucker at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Black at 1263. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    615 Smithe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C F Truscott, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hospital Clothes at 613 and M Elder at 619. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a trucker (2) and a carpenter. Two of them worked for CPR. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs L Truscott at 5 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lottie Truscott there as the householder, widow of W. In 1940 the directory lists E J Truscott at 1661 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edgar J Truscott there as the householder, a trucker at the CPR.

In 1940 the directory lists J A R Truscott at 1265 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists J A Roy Truscott there as the householder, a trucker at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists C F Truscott at 615 Smithe 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 Charles F Truscott there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

5 East 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1661 East 14th (1988) and 1265 Howe (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 615 Smithe, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Truscotts

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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.