A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Bakers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Baker at four addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. 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
141 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Sam Baker, a stove repairer 1940
Next door in 1940: P R Crain at 123 and Q Gow at 147. The block, door by door
- 2
766 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Lincoln T Baker, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: T Yamamoto at 756. The block, door by door
- 3
1315 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- I F Baker, a lumber grader 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F M McCullough at 1301 and F S Broad at 1317. The block, door by door
- 4
1497 West 7th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J W Baker, a mechanic at BC Motor Transportation 1940
Next door in 1940: E J Doughtery at 1473. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a lumber grader, a mechanic, a school teacher and a stove repairer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (3) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Sam Baker at 141 West 7th Avenue, a stove repairer. The 1940 name section lists Lincoln T Baker at 766 West 7th Avenue, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists I F Baker at 1315 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ian F Baker there as the householder, a lumber grader.
In 1940 the directory lists J W Baker at 1497 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John W Baker there as the householder, a mechanic at BC Motor Transportation.
Today
766 West 7th (1982) and 1315 West 7th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 141 West 7th and 1497 West 7th, 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 Sam stove repr141 West 7th, p. 27
- Baker Lincoln T sch tchr766 West 7th, p. 27
- Baker I F1315 West 7th, p. 191
- Baker Ian F lbr grader1315 West 7th, p. 27
- Baker J W1497 West 7th, p. 191
- Baker John W mech BC Motor Trans1497 West 7th, 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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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.