A family name on Hemlock Street, Fairview
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on Hemlock 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 2455 Hemlock 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
2455 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs E M Clark, widow of W E 1940
- Jean M Clark, a nurse 1940
- Ruth M Clark, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: A Dool at 2451 and H A Sulston at 2465. The block, door by door
- 2
2570 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- J A Clarke, a dispatcher at BC Motor Transportation 1940
Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon French at 2530. The block, door by door
- 3
2830 Hemlock Street
Fairview, 1940
- Miss N A Clark 1940
- Nellie A Clark, a music teacher at the BC Government 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a nurse (2), a dispatcher and a music teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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 Mrs E M Clark at 2455 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel M Clark there as the householder, widow of W E, with Jean M Clark, a nurse, and Ruth M Clark, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists J A Clarke at 2570 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists John A Clarke there as the householder, a dispatcher at BC Motor Transportation.
In 1940 the directory lists Miss N A Clark at 2830 Hemlock Street. The 1940 name section lists Nellie A Clark there as the householder, a music teacher at the BC Government.
Today
2570 Hemlock and 2830 Hemlock still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2455 Hemlock, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clark Mrs E M2455 Hemlock, p. 83
- Clark Ethel M wid W E2455 Hemlock, p. 112
- Clark Jean M nurse2455 Hemlock, p. 112
- Clark Ruth M nurse Van Genl Hosp2455 Hemlock, p. 113
- Clarke J A2570 Hemlock, p. 83
- Clarke John A dispr BC Motor Trans2570 Hemlock, p. 113
- Clark Miss N A2830 Hemlock, p. 83
- Clark Nellie A mus tchr 3 E 47 and sten BC Govt2830 Hemlock, p. 112
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Clarks
Every directory, as one book
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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.