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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at nine addresses

The directories print twelve people named Clark at nine addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, 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 1140 Granville 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

    558 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Edith M Clark, proprietor of Mrs Clark's Treasures 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maison Henri Ltd Annex at 556 and salad shop at 560. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1125 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Rose Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1140 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Francis M Clark 1940
    • Simon J Clark 1940
    • William Clarke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cut Rate Furn at 1138. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1221 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William G Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1390 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William C Clark, a circulation at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: Laidler G F Co at 1378 and Curtis Mtrs at 1396. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2930 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • H M Clark, retired 1940
    • J M Clark, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Shaugh Heights French Cleaners at 2928 and Clark's Mrs Treasures at 2932. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2932 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Treasures Clark, in oriental goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: gordon (the) at 2930 and Dainty-Made Cake Shop at 2950. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4305 Granville Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Florence E Clark, a teacher at Queen's Hall School 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A McGown at 4355. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    8656 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W S Clark, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Nicholls at 8626 and E Grant at 8666. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the twelve: a carpenter, a circulation, an oriental goods, a proprietor and a teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5), Fairview (2), Marpole and Shaughnessy. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Edith M Clark at 558 Granville Street, proprietor of Mrs Clark's Treasures. The 1940 name section lists Rose Clark at 1125 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Francis M Clark at 1140 Granville Street, with Simon J Clark and William Clarke. The 1940 name section lists William G Clark at 1221 Granville Street.

The 1940 name section lists William C Clark at 1390 Granville Street, a circulation at News-Herald. J M Clark is listed at 2930 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is H M Clark; 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 Harold M Clark there as the householder, retired, with J Morrison Clark, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Mrs Treasures Clark at 2932 Granville Street, in oriental goods. The 1940 name section lists Florence E Clark at 4305 Granville Street, a teacher at Queen's Hall School. In 1940 the directory lists W S Clark at 8656 Granville Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William S Clark there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

1125 Granville, 1221 Granville and 2930 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 558 Granville, 1140 Granville, 1390 Granville, 2932 Granville, 4305 Granville and 8656 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2930 Granville: no archive photo of the 2900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Clarks

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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.