A family name on Comox Street, West End
The Bakers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Baker at four addresses in 1940, all on Comox Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 103 other streets too, all listed on the Baker name's own page.
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Where the Bakers lived
- 1
1056 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Eva Baker, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1151 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Harry N Baker, a waiter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: P H MacKay at 1149 and Mrs D M Holt at 1155. The block, door by door
- 3
1528 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Mary Baker, a saleswoman at Famous 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Anderson at 1522 and Mrs E Reeve at 1534. The block, door by door
- 4
2005 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- S Baker, a picture framer 1940
- June Baker, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Clegg at 2033. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a nurse, a picture framer, a saleswoman and a waiter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (4). 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 Eva Baker at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Harry N Baker at 1151 Comox Street, a waiter at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mary Baker at 1528 Comox Street, a saleswoman at Famous.
S Baker is listed at 2005 Comox Street 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 Sid Baker there as the householder, a picture framer, with June Baker, a student.
Today
1528 Comox (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 1151 Comox and 2005 Comox, 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.
- Baker Eva nurse St Paul's Hosp1056 Comox, p. 27
- Baker Harry N waiter CPR1151 Comox, p. 27
- Baker Mrs Mary slswm Famous1528 Comox, p. 27
- *Baker S2005 Comox, p. 35
- Baker June studt2005 Comox, p. 27
- Baker Sid picture framer 510 Hornby2005 Comox, p. 27
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Bakers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Baker 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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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.