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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Twaiteses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Twaites at five 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. The most under one roof: three Twaiteses at 1816 West 8th in 1940.

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Where the Twaiteses 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

    3352 Nanaimo Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • K G Twaites, a salesman at Jersey Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: R R Hunt at 3340 and C W Priest at 3372. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1636 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Bernard Twaites, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: W G Davies at 1630. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3559 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W J Twaites, a dealer at Goblin Electric Cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hansen at 3553 and T C Viner at 3563. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    876 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • V E Twaites, a painter at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A R King at 864 and Y Yoshimura at 890. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1816 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W V Twaites, a painter 1940
    • Heather Twaites, a packer at Hedlund's 1940
    • Victor H Twaites 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Ferguson at 1826. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a painter (2), a dealer, an on active service, a packer and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 K G Twaites at 3352 Nanaimo Street; 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 Ken G Twaites there as the householder, a salesman at Jersey Farms. The 1940 name section lists Bernard Twaites at 1636 Salsbury Drive as the householder, on active service.

W J Twaites is listed at 3559 West 23rd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Twaites there as the householder, a dealer at Goblin Electric Cleaner. V E Twaites is listed at 876 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Vernon E Twaites there as the householder, a painter at the Vancouver General Hospital.

W V Twaites is listed at 1816 West 8th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William V Twaites there as the householder, a painter, with Heather Twaites, a packer at Hedlund's, and Victor H Twaites.

Today

1636 Salsbury Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; 3352 Nanaimo (1985) and 3559 West 23rd (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 876 West 8th and 1816 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.