A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Tymos
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Tymo at three addresses in 1940 in Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 Tymos lived
- 1
2450 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- M Tymo, a miner 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Ludlow at 2444 and W M McPherson at 2466. The block, door by door
- 2
2606 Nanaimo Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- J Tymo 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C Horward at 2602 and H Ashton at 2612. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a miner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3). 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 M Tymo at 2450 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Michael Tymo there as the householder, a miner. In 1940 the directory lists J Tymo at 2606 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 lists John Tymo at 3606 Nanaimo Street as the householder, a helper at Swifts.
Today
3606 Nanaimo still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 2450 East 21st (1975) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2606 Nanaimo, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Tymo M2450 East 21st, p. 232
- Tymo Michl miner2450 East 21st, p. 623
- *Tymo J2606 Nanaimo, p. 117
- Tymo John hlpr Swifts3606 Nanaimo, p. 623
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Tymos
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Tymo name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.