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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tuffs

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Tuff at seven addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Tuffs 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

    75 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Clara Tuff, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A Henderson at 59. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1070 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • W S Tuff, a trainman at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Mansfield at 1066. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4128 Knight Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J A Tuff, a driver at M T Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Dickson at 4116 and J Ramsey at 4138. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    523 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H V Tuff, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Tate at 521 and yorkshire cigar stand at 525. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4248 Slocan Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J L Tuff, a branch manager at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Crossley at 4234 and R W Douglas at 4260. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2853 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H V Tuff, a barber 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hutchison at 2837 and D G A Waddell at 2861. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3325 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J A Tuff, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Redmile at 3313 and J Haddock at 3337. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a barber, a branch manager, a driver and a trainman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 Clara Tuff at 75 East 7th Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists W S Tuff at 1070 Haro Street, a trainman at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists J A Tuff at 4128 Knight Street. The 1940 name section lists James A Tuff there as the householder, a driver at M T Co.

In 1940 the directory lists H V Tuff, a barber, at 523 Seymour Street. J L Tuff is listed at 4248 Slocan Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James L Tuff there as the householder, a branch manager at Safeway.

H V Tuff is listed at 2853 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hedley V Tuff there as the householder, a barber. J A Tuff is listed at 3325 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Tuff there as the householder, retired.

Today

4248 Slocan, 2853 West 15th and 3325 William still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 75 East 7th, 1070 Haro, 4128 Knight and 523 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

George, a young man in a bowler hat, standing in a yard on Knight Road (now Knight Street) in Cedar Cottage
November 1907 George, a young man in a bowler hat, standing in a yard on Knight Road (now Knight Street) in Cedar Cottage. Not at the house at 4128 Knight: no archive photo of the 4100 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 330-4. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Tuffs

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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.