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A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Bakers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Baker at four addresses in 1940, all on Franklin Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Bakers at 1860 Franklin in 1940. 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

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

    1825 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J E Baker, a laborer at General Paint 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Mohan at 1823 and A W Brouse at 1831. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1860 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J E Baker, a blacksmith 1940
    • Mary Baker, a packer at National Biscuit 1940
    • Walter Baker 1940
    • William T Baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: bungalow court at 1836 and J A Dickson at 1862. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2196 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Frank E Baker, a caulker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Wylie at 2186. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2763 Franklin Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Jack S Baker, a news vendor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Barkhausen at 2755 and G A Nickerson at 2769. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a blacksmith, a caulker, a laborer, a news vendor and a packer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 J E Baker at 1825 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph E Baker there as the householder, a laborer at General Paint. In 1940 the directory lists J E Baker at 1860 Franklin Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph E Baker there as the householder, a blacksmith, with Mary Baker, a packer at National Biscuit, Walter Baker, and William T Baker.

The 1940 name section lists Frank E Baker at 2196 Franklin Street, a caulker. The 1940 name section lists Jack S Baker at 2763 Franklin Street, a news vendor.

Today

1860 Franklin and 2763 Franklin still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1825 Franklin and 2196 Franklin, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.