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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carkners

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Carkner at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Carkners at 1451 East 12th in 1940.

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Where the Carkners lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1451 East 12th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G N Carkner, a transfer 1940
    • Albert R Carkner, an attendant at Grandview Motors 1940
    • Evelyn E Carkner, a maid for W R Pallister 1940
    • Violet F Carkner, a waitress at Blue Owl Barbecue 1940
    • W Harold Carkner 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Sturgeon at 1403 and A E Parnwell at 1495. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2021 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C N Carkner, a garage attendant at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: W S Main at 2011 and T L O'Neill at 2029. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    139 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G T Carkner, a driver at Burke & Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: D T Green at 127 and W V Hoby at 153. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an attendant, a driver, a garage attendant, a maid, a transfer and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 G N Carkner, a transfer, at 1451 East 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George N Carkner there, a transfer, with Albert R Carkner, an attendant at Grandview Motors, Evelyn E Carkner, a maid for W R Pallister, Violet F Carkner, a waitress at Blue Owl Barbecue, and W Harold Carkner. In 1940 the directory lists C N Carkner at 2021 Graveley Street. The 1940 name section lists Clif N Carkner there as the householder, a garage attendant at Woodward's.

In 1940 the directory lists G T Carkner at 139 West 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George T Carkner there as the householder, a driver at Burke & Wood.

Today

2021 Graveley still has its building from before 1946, dated 1922 by the City's record; 1451 East 12th (1962) and 139 West 20th (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.