A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
The Barkers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Barker at four addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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 57 other streets too, all listed on the Barker name's own page.
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Where the Barkers lived
- 1
1348 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs Eemeline E Barker 1940
- P Collison Barker, proprietor of Carter & Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B Bethune at 1332 and la belle apts at 1368. The block, door by door
- 2
1623 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- C S Barker, a meat cutter 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Crawford at 1615 and Mrs A Kirkup at 1631. The block, door by door
- 3
1642 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Frederick R Barker, a janitor 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Low at 1636 and C E Prince at 1648. The block, door by door
- 4
1742 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- J Barker, a cleaner at the Pacific Building 1940
Next door in 1940: G Benner at 1736 and C Collis at 1748. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cleaner, a janitor, a meat cutter and a proprietor.
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 Mrs Eemeline E Barker at 1348 Robson Street, with P Collison Barker, proprietor of Carter & Co. C S Barker is listed at 1623 Robson 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 Charles S Barker there as the householder, a meat cutter. The 1940 name section lists Frederick R Barker at 1642 Robson Street, a janitor.
In 1940 the directory lists J Barker at 1742 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists John Barker there as the householder, a cleaner at the Pacific Building.
Today
1348 Robson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 1642 Robson (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1623 Robson and 1742 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Barker Mrs Eemeline E1348 Robson, p. 31
- Barker P Collison prop Carter & Co1348 Robson, p. 31
- *Barker C S1623 Robson, p. 144
- Barker Chas S meat ctr1623 Robson, p. 31
- Barker Fredk R jntr1642 Robson, p. 31
- Barker J1742 Robson, p. 144
- Barker John clnr Pac Bldg1742 Robson, p. 31
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Barkers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Barker 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.