A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar 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
1710 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs Rhoda Clark 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Meekison at 1724. The block, door by door
- 2
4720 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- F L Clarke, a chief surveyor at the Board of Marine Underwriters 1940
Next door in 1940: A R Boyd at 4708 and F A Whitaker at 4768. The block, door by door
- 3
5779 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- C H Clark, a master mariner 1940
Next door in 1940: R M Spratt at 5757 and S E Smith at 5791. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a chief surveyor and a master mariner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Rhoda Clark at 1710 Dunbar Street. F L Clarke is listed at 4720 Dunbar 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 Frederick L Clarke there as the householder, a chief surveyor at the Board of Marine Underwriters.
C H Clark is listed at 5779 Dunbar Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Clark there as the householder, a master mariner.
Today
1710 Dunbar, 4720 Dunbar and 5779 Dunbar still have their buildings from before 1946, 1710 Dunbar on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clark Mrs Rhoda1710 Dunbar, p. 112
- *Clarke F L4720 Dunbar, p. 45
- Clarke Fredk L chf surv Bd of Marine Underwrtrs4720 Dunbar, p. 113
- *Clark C H5779 Dunbar, p. 45
- Clark Chas H mstr mrnr5779 Dunbar, p. 112
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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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.