A family name on East 45th Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Clark at two addresses in 1940, all on East 45th 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 most under one roof: four Clarks at 2211 East 45th 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
- 1
2211 East 45th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J C Clarke, a carpenter at the City of Vancouver 1940
- Albert E Clarke 1940
- Charles W Clarke, an operator at Leckie 1940
- William J Clarke, a cabinetmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: J Thaw at 2203 and S G Clarke at 2225. The block, door by door
- 2
2225 East 45th Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- S G Clarke, a cabinetmaker 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Clarke at 2211 and R Downie at 2233. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a cabinetmaker (2), a carpenter and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Victoria-Fraserview (2). 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 J C Clarke at 2211 East 45th 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 John C Clarke there as the householder, a carpenter at the City of Vancouver, with Albert E Clarke, Charles W Clarke, an operator at Leckie, and William J Clarke, a cabinetmaker. In 1940 the directory lists S G Clarke at 2225 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists S George Clarke there as the householder, a cabinetmaker.
Today
2211 East 45th (1993) and 2225 East 45th (2007) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Clarke J C2211 East 45th, p. 261
- Clarke Albt E2211 East 45th, p. 113
- Clarke Chas W opr Leckie2211 East 45th, p. 113
- Clarke John C carp Van City2211 East 45th, p. 113
- Clarke Wm J cbtmkr2211 East 45th, p. 114
- *Clarke S G2225 East 45th, p. 261
- Clarke S Geo cbtmkr2225 East 45th, p. 114
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.