A family name on East 15th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Bakers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Baker at two addresses in 1940, all on East 15th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
255 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- T Baker, a salesman 1940
- Don E Baker 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Brown at 251 and F E Shook at 259. The block, door by door
- 2
550 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs I Baker 1940
Next door in 1940: T J Broome at 534 and J J Dye at 554. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2). 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 T Baker at 255 East 15th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Tilden Baker there as the householder, a salesman, with Don E Baker. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I Baker at 550 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Isabelle Baker there as the householder.
Today
550 East 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 255 East 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Baker T255 East 15th, p. 218
- Baker Don E255 East 15th, p. 27
- Baker Tilden slsmn255 East 15th, p. 27
- Baker Mrs I550 East 15th, p. 218
- Baker Mrs Isabelle550 East 15th, p. 27
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.