A family name on West 44th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Dunbar-Southlands
The Turners
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Turner at two addresses in 1940, all on West 44th Avenue, with the close spelling Tourner. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
2016 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- C J J Turner, a salesman at McLellan & McCarter 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Mason at 2010 and A H Sparks at 2022. The block, door by door
- 2
2036 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A R Turner, an auditor 1940
Next door in 1940: A H Sparks at 2022 and C T Hamilton at 2044. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an auditor and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2). 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 C J J Turner at 2016 West 44th 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 Colin J J Turner there as the householder, a salesman at McLellan & McCarter. In 1940 the directory lists A R Turner at 2036 West 44th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Archibald R Turner there as the householder, an auditor.
Today
2036 West 44th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2016 West 44th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Turner C J J2016 West 44th, p. 261
- Turner Colin J J slsmn McLellan & McCarter2016 West 44th, p. 621
- Turner A R2036 West 44th, p. 261
- Turner Arch R aud2036 West 44th, p. 621
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.