A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Turners
In the city directories 1940 · 136 addresses on 100 streets
The directories print the Turner name at 136 addresses on 100 streets in 1940, in 22 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Tourner. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Turners lived
- Kitsilano18 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage16 addresses
- West End16 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland11 addresses
- Downtown8 addresses
- Riley Park7 addresses
- Fairview6 addresses
- Kerrisdale6 addresses
- Mount Pleasant6 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
- Sunset6 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
- Shaughnessy4 addresses
- Oakridge2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- Marpole1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Haro StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: Harold W Turner, Mary Turner and Miss M Turner, and two more1940
- 2West 8th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; seven people: R Turner, W A Turner and Graham A Turner, and four more1940
- 3Comox StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: T S Turner, W H Turner and Frank C Turner, and one more1940
- 4Victoria DriveThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: C S Turner, W D Turner and John Turner1940
- 5West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: A Turner, H A Turner and Marion E Turner, and two more1940
- 6West 6th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; six people: W Turner, G F Turner and Franklin J E Turner, and three more1940
- 7Cartier StreetTwo addresses in Oakridge and Marpole; two people: Frances Turner and George A Turner1940
- 8East 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: A D Tourner, W J Turner and Francis G Tourner, and one more1940
- 9East 17th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs C J Turner and Annie A Turner1940
- 10East 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: N Turner, R Turner and Frank E Turner1940
- 11East BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: T S Turner and C S Turner1940
- 12East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: A E Turner and W Turner1940
88 more streets, by name: Angus Drive (1), Barclay Street (1), Beach Avenue (1), Beatrice Street (1), Berkeley Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Crown Crescent (1), Cypress Street (1), Dogwood Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Pender Street (2), Franklin Street (2), Granville Street (2), Hemlock Street (1), Homer Street (1), James Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Lime Street (1), Main Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Melville Street (1), Napier Street (2), Nelson Street (2), Oak Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Perry Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Albert Street (2), Prince Edward Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Robson Street (1), Ross Street (2), Trafalgar Street (2), Triumph Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Vanness Avenue (2), Venables Street (1), Vine Street (2), West 10th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (2), West 47th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (2), West Pender Street (1), William Street (2), Windermere Street (1), Yew Street (2).
Today
By the City's record, of the 136 addresses, 48 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 32 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 55; each street's page names them.
The book of the Turners
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Turner 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under T. Want a name removed? Tell us.