A family name on East 6th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on East 6th 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
- 1
28 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- G Clarke 1940
Next door in 1940: I Kawai at 18 and A Pelletier at 34. The block, door by door
- 2
366 East 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- D Clark, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A S Christie at 362 and W Borregard at 368. The block, door by door
- 3
2741 East 6th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs M Clark, widow of A 1940
- Don E Clark, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: S Yeoman at 2705 and J Baulch at 2753. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a driver and a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 G Clarke at 28 East 6th 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 George Clarke there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists D Clark at 366 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists David Clark there as the householder, a longshoreman.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Clark at 2741 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mary Clark there as the householder, widow of A, with Don E Clark, a driver.
Today
2741 East 6th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 28 East 6th and 366 East 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Clarke G28 East 6th, p. 186
- Clarke Geo28 East 6th, p. 113
- Clark D366 East 6th, p. 186
- Clark David lngshmn366 East 6th, p. 112
- Clark Mrs M2741 East 6th, p. 187
- Clark Don E drvr2741 East 6th, p. 112
- Clark Mary wid A2741 East 6th, p. 112
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.