A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tyldesleys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Tyldesley 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 Tyldesleys lived
- 1
2559 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W T Tyldesley, a bookkeeper at Buckerfields 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R A Young at 2557 and T Walker at 2561. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
3141 West 10th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- B Tyldesley, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940
Next door in 1940: T Metcalfe at 3151. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bookkeeper, a musician and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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
In 1940 the directory lists W T Tyldesley at 2559 Oxford Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Wilfred T Tyldesley there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Buckerfields. In 1940 the directory lists R Tyldesley at 4959 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Ray Tyldesley there as the householder, a musician.
In 1940 the directory lists B Tyldesley at 3141 West 10th 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 lists Benjamin Tyldesley there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies.
Today
3141 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 2559 Oxford (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4959 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tyldesley W T2559 Oxford, p. 124
- Tyldesley Wilfd T bkpr Buckerfields2559 Oxford, p. 623
- Tyldesley R4959 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- Tyldesley R4959 Victoria Drive, p. 162
- Tyldesley Ray musician4959 Victoria Drive, p. 623
- *Tyldesley B3141 West 10th, p. 200
- Tyldesley Benj slsmn Assoc Dairies3141 West 10th, p. 623
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tyldesleys
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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.