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A family name on West 6th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Turners

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Turner at three addresses in 1940, all on West 6th 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 2625 West 6th 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

    2625 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G F Turner, a school teacher 1940
    • Franklin J E Turner, a sports writer 1940
    • Winifred R Turner, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Faris at 2615 and W Pollington at 2635. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2648 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W Turner, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Norman R Turner, an elevator operator at the Credit Foncier Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Elliott at 2642. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3537 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • William Turner, an elevator operator at the Metro Building 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F A Orr at 3529 and J R Dodge at 3549. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an elevator operator (2), a nurse, a school teacher and a sports writer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (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 G F Turner at 2625 West 6th 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 G Frederick Turner there as the householder, a school teacher, with Franklin J E Turner, a sports writer, and Winifred R Turner, a student. In 1940 the directory lists W Turner at 2648 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Turner there as the householder, with Winifred A Turner, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital, and Norman R Turner, an elevator operator at the Credit Foncier Building.

The 1940 name section lists William Turner at 3537 West 6th Avenue, an elevator operator at the Metro Building.

Today

2648 West 6th and 3537 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2625 West 6th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 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.