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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tusons

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at six addresses

The directories print 13 people named Tuson at six 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. The most under one roof: four Tusons at 3675 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Tusons 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

    1995 Cypress Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R F Tuson, a painter 1940
    • Mabel Tuson 1940
  2. 2

    1010 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Ernest A Tuson, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Glen Hosp at 1036. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2633 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W G Tuson, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Cheetham at 2621 and A G Voyer at 2647. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3675 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • G T Tuson, retired 1940
    • Gilbert L Tuson, a student 1940
    • Pearl E Tuson, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
    • Roy W Tuson, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Fenner at 3667 and J P G MacLeod at 3685. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1942 West 1st Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J Tuson, a carpenter 1940
    • Marguerita Tuson, a stenographer at Consolidated Motor 1940
    • Marjorie C Tuson, a stenographer at F W Marsh Associates 1940

    Next door in 1940: Waterproofing Dreadnought at 1936 and J S Nichols at 1950. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3255 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs H Tuson, widow of A 1940
    • Arthur Tuson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Reveley at 3245 and W E Dubberley at 3261. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the 13: a motorman (2), a stenographer (2), a carpenter, a clerk, an employee and a painter. Three of them worked for BC Electric Railway. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Grandview-Woodland and West Point Grey. 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 R F Tuson, a painter, at 1995 Cypress Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Roger F Tuson there, a painter, with Mabel Tuson. The 1940 name section lists Ernest A Tuson at 1010 Salsbury Drive, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

W G Tuson is listed at 2633 West 14th 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 William G Tuson there, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. G T Tuson is listed at 3675 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George T Tuson there as the householder, retired, with Gilbert L Tuson, a student, Pearl E Tuson, who worked for the BC Telephone, and Roy W Tuson, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

J Tuson is listed at 1942 West 1st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Tuson there as the householder, a carpenter, with Marguerita Tuson, a stenographer at Consolidated Motor, and Marjorie C Tuson, a stenographer at F W Marsh Associates. Mrs H Tuson is listed at 3255 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hilda Tuson there as the householder, widow of A, with Arthur Tuson.

Today

1010 Salsbury Drive, 3675 West 15th and 3255 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1995 Cypress (1978) and 2633 West 14th (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1942 West 1st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 18 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.