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A family name on East 16th Avenue, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Clark at four addresses in 1940, all on East 16th Avenue, 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

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

    255 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Clark, a printer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D S Murray at 247 and A J Kennedy at 259. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    403 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R Clark, a sweeper at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Mabel Clark, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Mawhinney at 409. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    471 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • F S Clarke, a driver at Imperial Oil 1940
    • C Thomas Clarke, a laborer for M Franks 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Cook at 461 and G Gott at 475. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1851 East 16th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W J Clark, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B W Peterson at 1849. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a driver (2), a laborer, a printer, a saleswoman and a sweeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A Clark at 255 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Clark there as the householder, a printer. In 1940 the directory lists R Clark at 403 East 16th Avenue; 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 Robert Clark there as the householder, a sweeper at the City of Vancouver, with Mabel Clark, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists F S Clarke at 471 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick S Clarke there as the householder, a driver at Imperial Oil, with C Thomas Clarke, a laborer for M Franks. In 1940 the directory lists W J Clark at 1851 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William J Clark there as the householder, a driver at Terminal Cartage.

Today

255 East 16th, 471 East 16th and 1851 East 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 403 East 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Clarks

Every directory, as one book

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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.