A family name on Broughton Street, West End
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Clark at four addresses in 1940, all on Broughton Street, with the close spelling Clarke. 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 176 other streets too, all listed on the Clark name's own page.
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Where the Clarks lived
- 1
705 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Nora K Clarke, a widow 1940
Next door in 1940: E S Wise at 719. The block, door by door
- 2
756 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Ellen Clark 1940
Next door in 1940: burns apts at 742 and J E Bryon at 780. The block, door by door
- 3
889 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Horace N Clarke, a manager at Multigraphers and Dominion Map & Blue Print 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E K MacLean at 883 and A H Porter at 891. The block, door by door
- 4
955 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Frederick Clarke 1940
- William H Clarke, a biller for W H Malkin 1940
Next door in 1940: albury (the) at 919 and H Morley at 977. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a biller and a manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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 Nora K Clarke at 705 Broughton Street, a widow. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Clark at 756 Broughton Street. The 1940 name section lists Horace N Clarke at 889 Broughton Street, a manager at Multigraphers and Dominion Map & Blue Print. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Clarke at 955 Broughton Street, with William H Clarke, a biller for W H Malkin.
Today
The City no longer lists 705 Broughton, 756 Broughton, 889 Broughton and 955 Broughton, so those buildings are 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.
- Clarke Nora K wid — slswm Spencers705 Broughton, p. 114
- Clark Ellen756 Broughton, p. 112
- Clarke Horace N mgr Multigraphers and Dom Map & Blue Print889 Broughton, p. 113
- Clarke Fredk955 Broughton, p. 113
- Clarke Wm H biller W H Malkin955 Broughton, p. 114
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Clarks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Clark 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.