A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Turnbulls
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Turnbull at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Turnbulls at 3049 West 14th in 1940. The directories print the name on 41 other streets too, all listed on the Turnbull name's own page.
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Where the Turnbulls lived
- 1
1466 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Loraine Turnbull, a telephone operator at Gault Bros 1940
- Olive A Turnbull, a comptroller operator at Gault Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: J Potter at 1446 and classic (the) at 1476. The block, door by door
- 2
3049 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- E R Turnbull, a salesman at Arnold & Quigley 1940
- Mrs Edith M Turnbull, a saleswoman for Miss M K Brown 1940
- Eva I Turnbull, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Walls at 3041 and W R Horton at 3057. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a saleswoman (2), a comptroller operator, a salesman and a telephone operator. Two of them worked for Gault Bros.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Loraine Turnbull at 1466 West 14th Avenue, a telephone operator at Gault Bros, with Olive A Turnbull, a comptroller operator at Gault Bros. E R Turnbull is listed at 3049 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward R Turnbull there as the householder, a salesman at Arnold & Quigley, with Mrs Edith M Turnbull, a saleswoman for Miss M K Brown, and Eva I Turnbull, a saleswoman.
Today
3049 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1940 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1466 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Turnbull Loraine tel opr Gault Bros1466 West 14th, p. 621
- Turnbull Olive A compt opr Gault Bros1466 West 14th, p. 621
- Turnbull E R3049 West 14th, p. 217
- Turnbull Mrs Edith M slswm Miss M K Brown3049 West 14th, p. 621
- Turnbull Edw R slsmn Arnold & Quigley3049 West 14th, p. 621
- Turnbull Eva I slswm3049 West 14th, p. 621
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Turnbulls
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Turnbull 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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Another name, or a house
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.