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A family name on Davie Street, West End and Downtown

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Clark at four addresses in 1940, all on Davie 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 most under one roof: four Clarks at 1678 Davie in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1370 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Benjamin W Clarke, an accountant for B M Clarke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nishimura at 1340. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1630 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Charles W Clarke 1940

    Next door in 1940: W McQueen at 1622 and D MacKinlay at 1636. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1678 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • J K Clarke, a diesel engineer 1940
    • Brian H K Clarke, a clerk 1940
    • Evan Clarke, a salesman at Spencer's 1940
    • Ron S H Clarke, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Cousland at 1676. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1724 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • C C Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Wootten at 1716 and Miss N Watt at 1726. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an accountant, a clerk, a diesel engineer, an engineer and a salesman.

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 Benjamin W Clarke at 1370 Davie Street, an accountant for B M Clarke. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Clarke at 1630 Davie Street. In 1940 the directory lists J K Clarke at 1678 Davie Street. The 1940 name section lists James K Clarke there as the householder, retired, with James K Clarke Jr, a diesel engineer, Brian H K Clarke, a clerk, Evan Clarke, a salesman at Spencer's, and Ron S H Clarke, an engineer.

In 1940 the directory lists C C Clark at 1724 Davie Street.

Today

1370 Davie (1979) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1630 Davie, 1678 Davie and 1724 Davie, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Clarks

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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.