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A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Clark at five addresses in 1940, all on Nelson 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1034 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Joseph S Clarke, a frameman at the Auto Metal & Radiator Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Rothverg at 1032 and S G McCurdy at 1038. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1058 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M A Clarke, widow of S S 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1173 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lorraine Clarke, a waitress at Helen's Kitchen 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Pitman at 1171. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1235 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Clarke, widow of L 1940
    • May S Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: beverly (the) at 1225 and tweedsmuir apts at 1245. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2060 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • R R Clarke, a chauffeur for J Rogers 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Rogers at 2050. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a chauffeur, a frameman and a waitress. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 Joseph S Clarke at 1034 Nelson Street, a frameman at the Auto Metal & Radiator Works. Mrs M A Clarke is listed at 1058 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mary A Clarke there as the householder, widow of S S. The 1940 name section lists Lorraine Clarke at 1173 Nelson Street, a waitress at Helen's Kitchen.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Clarke at 1235 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Mary Clark there as the householder, widow of L, with May S Clark. In 1940 the directory lists R R Clarke at 2060 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section lists Roy R Clarke there as the householder, a chauffeur for J Rogers.

Today

1058 Nelson and 1235 Nelson still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1034 Nelson, 1173 Nelson and 2060 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1235 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 9 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

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.