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The Tuppers

In the city directories 1940 · 15 people at 14 addresses

The directories print 15 people named Tupper at 14 addresses in 1940 in six 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 Tuppers 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

    1216 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Stella Tupper, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: T L Smith at 1220. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1807 Collingwood Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Harry W Tupper, a service manager at D McLean Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B McDonald at 1819. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    500 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Jean Tupper, a maid at the Dunsmuir Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Smith at 504. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2570 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Estelle Tupper, a stenographer at Seeley & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon French at 2530. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    947 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Tupper 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Alexander at 943 and Mrs M Baker at 953. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5415 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • George A Tupper, a machinist at Hardwood Chair 1940
  7. 7

    1106 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Garnet H Tupper, who worked for Ford Motor 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Cliffe at 1124. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1696 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Tupper, proprietor of the Pine Crest Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: O Aune at 1688. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1356 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • W T Tupper, a president at Auto House 1940
    • William E C Tupper, a salesman at Hunter Henderson Paint 1940

    Next door in 1940: W D Sowerby at 1346 and Mrs G G Ross at 1366. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    1635 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • B R Tupper, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Hynes at 1625 and Mrs L F Schuthe at 1645. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1350 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R H Tupper, of Walsh Bull Housser Tupper Ray & Carroll 1940

    Next door in 1940: B O Moxon at 1320. The block, door by door

  12. 12

    3692 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs Marjorie A Tupper, a stenographer at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Adams at 3658. The block, door by door

  13. 13

    1584 West 29th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mary Tupper, a maid for Dr S G Baldwin 1940

    Next door in 1940: B S Brown at 1550. The block, door by door

  14. 14

    1173 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Frederick Tupper, an assistant manager at the Associated Naturopathic Institute 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A May at 1145 and Alderway Pet Hosp at 1195. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for 13 of the 15: an employee (2), a maid (2), a stenographer (2), an assistant manager, a clerk and a machinist, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (7), Downtown (2), Shaughnessy (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano 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 Stella Tupper at 1216 Alberni Street, a clerk at the Hudson's Bay Company. The 1940 name section lists Harry W Tupper at 1807 Collingwood Street, a service manager at D McLean Motor. The 1940 name section lists Jean Tupper at 500 Dunsmuir Street, a maid at the Dunsmuir Hotel. The 1940 name section lists Estelle Tupper at 2570 Hemlock Street, a stenographer at Seeley & Co.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick Tupper at 947 Howe Street. The 1940 name section lists George A Tupper at 5415 Osler Street, a machinist at Hardwood Chair. The 1940 name section lists Garnet H Tupper at 1106 West 10th Avenue, who worked for Ford Motor.

A Tupper is listed at 1696 West 10th 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 Alfred Tupper there as the householder, proprietor of the Pine Crest Apartments. W T Tupper is listed at 1356 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William T Tupper there as the householder, a president at Auto House, with William E C Tupper, a salesman at Hunter Henderson Paint.

B R Tupper is listed at 1635 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Bertram R Tupper there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone. R H Tupper is listed at 1350 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Reginald H Tupper there as the householder, of Walsh Bull Housser Tupper Ray & Carroll.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Marjorie A Tupper at 3692 West 24th Avenue, a stenographer at Terminal Cartage. The 1940 name section lists Mary Tupper at 1584 West 29th Avenue, a maid for Dr S G Baldwin. The 1940 name section lists J Frederick Tupper at 1173 West Broadway, an assistant manager at the Associated Naturopathic Institute.

Today

1807 Collingwood, 500 Dunsmuir, 2570 Hemlock and 1350 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946, 500 Dunsmuir on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1696 West 10th (1975) and 3692 West 24th (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1216 Alberni, 947 Howe, 5415 Osler, 1106 West 10th, 1356 West 12th, 1635 West 14th, 1584 West 29th and 1173 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 19 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

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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.