A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown
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 Hornby 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
611 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- James Clark, proprietor of City Cartage 1940
Next door in 1940: S Nelson at 603 and Miss A Rachart at 623. The block, door by door
- 2
1116 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Miss Clark 1940
- Clark (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: J P King at 1112 and Mrs E Ritchie at 1126. The block, door by door
- 3
1221 Hornby Street
Downtown, 1940
- Alfred W Clark, an assistant at Point Grey Poultry Supplies 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs R Carrelli at 1215 and T J Smith at 1229. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an assistant and a proprietor.
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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Clark at 611 Hornby Street, proprietor of City Cartage. Miss Clark is listed at 1116 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clark (no first name printed) there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists Alfred W Clark at 1221 Hornby Street, an assistant at Point Grey Poultry Supplies.
Today
The City no longer lists 611 Hornby, 1116 Hornby and 1221 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clark Jas prop City Cartage611 Hornby, p. 112
- Clark Miss1116 Hornby, p. 86
- Clark Miss —1116 Hornby, p. 111
- Clark Alfd W asst Pt Grey Plty Supp1221 Hornby, p. 111
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.