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A family name on East 60th Avenue, Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on East 60th 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 most under one roof: three Clarks at 463 East 60th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    463 East 60th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H K Clarke, a teamster at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Margaret Clarke, a helper for Devon Cafe 1940
    • William H Clarke, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Kendall at 455 and F B Taylor at 481. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    725 East 60th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W Clarke, a laborer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Leslie Clarke, a sign writer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Shergold at 709 and J L Swannie at 731. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1286 East 60th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H M H Clarke, retired 1940
    • Ena C Clarke, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: M J Buchanan at 1276. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: a helper, a laborer, a millworker, a school teacher, a sign writer and a teamster.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (3). 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 H K Clarke at 463 East 60th 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 Harry K Clarke there as the householder, a teamster at the City of Vancouver, with Margaret Clarke, a helper for Devon Cafe, and William H Clarke, a millworker at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists W Clarke at 725 East 60th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Clarke there as the householder, a laborer at the BC Electric Railway, with Leslie Clarke, a sign writer.

In 1940 the directory lists H M H Clarke at 1286 East 60th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert M H Clarke there as the householder, retired, with Ena C Clarke, a school teacher.

Today

725 East 60th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 463 East 60th (1988) and 1286 East 60th (1966) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

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.