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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tyres

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Tyre 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 Tyres 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

    853 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Robert Tyre 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1325 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charlotte M Tyre, widow of G C 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B Allan at 1315 and Mrs A C Nason at 1335. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2879 West 36th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • W Tyre, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
    • George H Tyre 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Patelli at 2867 and E H Corpe at 2891. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a clerk. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview and Strathcona. 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 Robert Tyre at 853 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Charlotte M Tyre at 1325 West 14th Avenue, widow of G C. In 1940 the directory lists W Tyre at 2879 West 36th 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 William Tyre there as the householder, who worked for the BC Telephone, with William R Tyre, a clerk at the Royal Bank, and George H Tyre.

Today

2879 West 36th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; 853 East Pender (1981) and 1325 West 14th (1964) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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 Tyres

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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.