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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Turtles

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Turtle at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Turtles 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

    826 East 33rd Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs R B Turtle, widow of H E 1940
    • May E Turtle, a stenographer at Gault Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Smith at 812 and Mrs M Smith at 848. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2696 East 7th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E L Turtle, a pipe fitter at BC Marine 1940
    • Eric M C T Turtle, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Punt at 2686. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1245 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Gwen Turtle, a comptroller operator at Burns & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: queen anne gardens at 1235. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2559 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M Turtle, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Stephens at 2553 and O Coyle at 2565. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a comptroller operator, a driver, a helper, a pipe fitter and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and West End. 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 Mrs R B Turtle at 826 East 33rd 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 Rosa B Turtle there as the householder, widow of H E, with May E Turtle, a stenographer at Gault Bros. In 1940 the directory lists E L Turtle at 2696 East 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest L Turtle there as the householder, a pipe fitter at BC Marine, with Eric M C T Turtle, a helper at the Burrard Dry Dock.

The 1940 name section lists Gwen Turtle at 1245 Nelson Street, a comptroller operator at Burns & Co. M Turtle is listed at 2559 William Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Maybin Turtle there as the householder, a driver.

Today

826 East 33rd and 2559 William still have their buildings from before 1946; 2696 East 7th (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1245 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.