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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tweedys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Tweedy at three 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 Tweedys 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

    2103 Macdonald Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Annie Tweedy, widow of G 1940
    • May Tweedy 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Logie at 2109. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4074 West 17th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D R Tweedy, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Grant at 4068 and H Paradise at 4078. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    952 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • R H Tweedy, a craneman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Torrance at 944 and H G Barber at 954. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a craneman and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Annie Tweedy at 2103 Macdonald Street, widow of G, with May Tweedy. D R Tweedy is listed at 4074 West 17th 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 David R Tweedy there as the householder, a salesman.

R H Tweedy is listed at 952 West Broadway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ralph H Tweedy there as the householder, a craneman.

Today

2103 Macdonald still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4074 West 17th and 952 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Tweedys

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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.