A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Turners
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Turner at three addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street, with the close spelling Tourner. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 99 other streets too, all listed on the Turner name's own page.
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Where the Turners lived
- 1
1756 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- T S Turner, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W G Collier at 1746 and O J Russell at 1764. The block, door by door
- 2
1823 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Frank C Turner, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: M H McGeough at 1833. The block, door by door
- 3
1995 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- W H Turner, a boat builder at Turner's Boat Works 1940
- Phillis M L Turner, a bookkeeper at Turner's Boat Works 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I Sims at 1963. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a boat builder, a bookkeeper and a clerk. Two of them worked for Turner's Boat Works.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3). 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 T S Turner at 1756 Comox Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas S Turner there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Frank C Turner at 1823 Comox Street, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.
W H Turner is listed at 1995 Comox Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Turner there as the householder, a boat builder at Turner's Boat Works, with Phillis M L Turner, a bookkeeper at Turner's Boat Works.
Today
The City no longer lists 1756 Comox, 1823 Comox and 1995 Comox, so those buildings are 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.
- *Turner T S1756 Comox, p. 35
- Turner Thos S retired1756 Comox, p. 622
- Turner Frank C clk Van City1823 Comox, p. 621
- *Turner W H1995 Comox, p. 35
- Turner Phillis M L bkpr Turner's Boat Wks1995 Comox, p. 622
- Turner Wm H boat bldr Turner's Boat Wks1995 Comox, p. 622
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Turners
Every directory, as one book
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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.