A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tuplings
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Tupling 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 Tuplings lived
- 1
2291 Balaclava Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- L R Tupling, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M D Hamblin at 2239. The block, door by door
- 2
5927 Fraser Street
Sunset, 1940
- E H Tupling 1940
Next door in 1940: A1 Barber Shop at 5917 and J Holland at 5935. The block, door by door
- 3
4258 Victoria Drive
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G H Tupling, a general contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: S Roberts at 4244 and J T Campbell at 4274. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a conductor and a general contractor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Sunset. 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 L R Tupling at 2291 Balaclava Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lionel R Tupling there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists E H Tupling at 5927 Fraser Street.
G H Tupling is listed at 4258 Victoria Drive 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 George H Tupling there as the householder, a general contractor.
Today
2291 Balaclava and 5927 Fraser still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 4258 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tupling L R2291 Balaclava, p. 7
- Tupling Lionel R cond BCER2291 Balaclava, p. 621
- Tupling E H5927 Fraser, p. 53
- *Tupling G H4258 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- Tupling Geo H genl contr4258 Victoria Drive, p. 621
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tuplings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Tupling name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.