A family name on Hamilton Street, Downtown
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on Hamilton 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 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
423 Hamilton Street
Downtown, 1940
- R L Clark, an insurance agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Acme Loan Co at 427. The block, door by door
- 2
519 Hamilton Street
Downtown, 1940
- James Clarke, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: City Dye Works at 517 and Pac Gar at 523. The block, door by door
- 3
869 Hamilton Street
Downtown, 1940
- George Clark, a reducer at the Liquor Control Board 1940
Next door in 1940: J McDonald at 867 and G A Bishop at 877. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a reducer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 R L Clark, an insurance agent, at 423 Hamilton Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Clarke at 519 Hamilton Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists George Clark at 869 Hamilton Street, a reducer at the Liquor Control Board.
Today
869 Hamilton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 423 Hamilton and 519 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clark R L ins agt423 Hamilton, p. 70
- Clarke Jas retired519 Hamilton, p. 113
- Clark Geo reducer Liq Cont Bd869 Hamilton, p. 112
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.