A family name on East 29th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Clark at two addresses in 1940, all on East 29th Avenue, with the close spelling Clarke. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1766 East 29th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- D Clark, a greenkeeper at the Jericho Country Club 1940
- 2
2634 East 29th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- J Clarke, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: A Rumsby at 2660. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a greenkeeper and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 D Clark at 1766 East 29th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists David Clark there as the householder, a greenkeeper at the Jericho Country Club. In 1940 the directory lists J Clarke at 2634 East 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Clarke there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver.
Today
1766 East 29th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2634 East 29th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Clark D1766 East 29th, p. 244
- Clark David greenkpr Jericho Country Club1766 East 29th, p. 112
- Clarke J2634 East 29th, p. 245
- Clarke John lab Van City2634 East 29th, p. 113
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.