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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Turcottes

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Turcotte at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Turcott. 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 Turcottes 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

    1736 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • A R Turcott, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Hanbury at 1724 and R W Ginn at 1746. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    611 East 30th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E L Turcotte, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Fraser at 619. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    932 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Turcotte, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Januszkiewicz at 910 and Loyal Laundry at 956. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    515 Seymour Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • D Turcotte, proprietor of the Clarence Hotel Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Tate at 521. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a carpenter, a longshoreman and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Riley Park, Strathcona 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

In 1940 the directory lists A R Turcott, rooms to let, at 1736 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert R Turcott there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists E L Turcotte at 611 East 30th 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 Ernest L Turcotte there as the householder, a longshoreman.

In 1940 the directory lists A Turcotte at 932 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Turcotte there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists D Turcotte at 515 Seymour Street. The 1940 name section lists Dsire Turcotte there as the householder, proprietor of the Clarence Hotel Rooms.

Today

611 East 30th and 515 Seymour still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1736 Barclay and 932 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street
9 September 1932 The Sutherland wedding party with their flowers at 1901 Barclay Street. Not at the house at 1736 Barclay: no archive photo of the 1700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4256. Public domain.

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 Turcottes

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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.