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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Tyrells

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at seven addresses

The directories print seven people named Tyrell at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Tyrrell. 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 Tyrells lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    6229 Angus Drive

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • D J S Tyrell, a salesman at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R N Clyne at 6209 and E L Gorby at 6249. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Peggy I Tyrell, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2623 East Hastings Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R G Tyrell, a salesman at Associated Printers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Handy Store at 2621 and H J K Labsik at 2641. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1047 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick Tyrrell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C Doy at 1045 and Mrs K L Mulleny at 1057. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2606 Trinity Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Clarence F Tyrell, a machinist operator at the Province 1940
  6. 6

    511 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Tyrrell, a janitor at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Denby at 505 and L A Robinson at 519. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3011 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H W C Tyrell, a salesman at Bulman Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H McHugh at 3021. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a salesman (3), a janitor, a machinist operator and a nurse. Two of them worked for Province.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kerrisdale and West End. 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 D J S Tyrell at 6229 Angus Drive; 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 Don J S Tyrell there as the householder, a salesman at the Province. The 1940 name section lists Peggy I Tyrell at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital.

R G Tyrell is listed at 2623 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert G Tyrell there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Printers. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Tyrrell at 1047 Melville Street. The 1940 name section lists Clarence F Tyrell at 2606 Trinity Street, a machinist operator at the Province.

J Tyrrell is listed at 511 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Tyrrell there as the householder, a janitor at Woodward's, with Jack Tyrrell, a packer at Woodward's. H W C Tyrell is listed at 3011 West 27th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry W C Tyrell there as the householder, a salesman at Bulman Bros.

Today

3011 West 27th (2015) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6229 Angus Drive, 1056 Comox, 2623 East Hastings, 1047 Melville, 2606 Trinity and 511 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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.