A family name on West 9th Avenue, West Point Grey
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 West 9th 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
4511 West 9th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs C Baker, widow of E 1940
Next door in 1940: D Stewart at 4509 and C B Mackedie at 4519. The block, door by door
- 2
4653 West 9th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- B D Baker, a division accountant at the CNR 1940
- Phyllis Baker, a stenographer at Libby McNeill & Libby 1940
Next door in 1940: J Gray at 4649 and A H Redgate at 4659. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a division accountant and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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 Mrs C Baker at 4511 West 9th 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 Christina Baker there as the householder, widow of E. In 1940 the directory lists B D Baker at 4653 West 9th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Benjamin D Baker there as the householder, a division accountant at the CNR, with Phyllis Baker, a stenographer at Libby McNeill & Libby.
Today
4653 West 9th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1931 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4511 West 9th, 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 Mrs C4511 West 9th, p. 197
- Baker Christina wid E4511 West 9th, p. 27
- *Baker B D4653 West 9th, p. 197
- Baker Benj D div acct CNR4653 West 9th, p. 26
- Baker Phyllis sten Libby McNeill & Libby4653 West 9th, 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.