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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Turners

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Turner at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Turners at 1020 West 12th in 1940. 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

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

    1020 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H A Turner, a mining engineer 1940
    • Phyllis W Turner, a school teacher 1940
    • R Don Turner, a salesman at Paragon Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ralston at 1016 and H Brown at 1026. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1616 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Marion E Turner, a stenographer at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: W R Jones at 1626. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2905 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Turner, a cutter at Vancouver Dry Goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss G H Wheelhouse at 2915. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all five: a cutter, a mining engineer, a salesman, a school teacher and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) 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

In 1940 the directory lists H A Turner at 1020 West 12th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Howard A Turner there as the householder, a mining engineer, with Phyllis W Turner, a school teacher, and R Don Turner, a salesman at Paragon Supplies. The 1940 name section lists Marion E Turner at 1616 West 12th Avenue, a stenographer at American Can.

A Turner is listed at 2905 West 12th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Turner there as the householder, a factory manager at Vancouver Dry Goods, with Archibald G Turner, a cutter at Vancouver Dry Goods.

Today

2905 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 1020 West 12th (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1616 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.