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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Turtons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Turton at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Turtons 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

    540 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Percy Turton, a tailor 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Smith at 538 and E Schofield at 542. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    748 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P Turton 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Poole at 746 and A E Harris at 750. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    514 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Richard Turton 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maple Leaf Serv at 518. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    973 West 17th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Anne Turton, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Ward at 967 and J F de Macedo at 979. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2997 West 30th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Louise Turton, widow of W P 1940

    Next door in 1940: W A H Chambers at 2987. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2004 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • C J Turton, a salesman at Ker & Ker 1940
    • Howard G Turton, a trucker at G N Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Doyle at 2020. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2279 West 47th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W R Turton, a clerk at the Board of Grain Commissioners 1940

    Next door in 1940: G T Somerville at 2255 and E Wood at 2291. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a clerk, a salesman, a tailor and a trucker. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and South Cambie. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Percy Turton at 540 Helmcken Street as the householder, a tailor. P Turton is listed at 748 Helmcken Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Richard Turton at 514 Homer Street. The 1940 name section lists Anne Turton at 973 West 17th Avenue, widow of D.

The 1940 name section lists Louise Turton at 2997 West 30th Avenue, widow of W P. C J Turton is listed at 2004 West 36th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Chris J Turton there as the householder, a salesman at Ker & Ker, with Howard G Turton, a trucker at G N Dock.

W R Turton is listed at 2279 West 47th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Roy Turton there as the householder, a clerk at the Board of Grain Commissioners.

Today

540 Helmcken, 514 Homer, 973 West 17th and 2997 West 30th still have their buildings from before 1946, 540 Helmcken on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 748 Helmcken, 2004 West 36th and 2279 West 47th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Turtons

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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.