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A family name on Renfrew Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood

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 Renfrew 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 2344 Renfrew 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    241 Renfrew Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J H Clark, a cement finisher 1940
    • Alex Clark, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Lycett at 221 and E Scratchley at 251. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1464 Renfrew Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R Clark, a roofer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Reid at 1440 and L Bratt at 1482. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2344 Renfrew Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J R Clarke, a lather 1940
    • Joan M Clarke, a saleswoman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Mary Clarke, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Leysens at 2356. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a saleswoman (2), a cement finisher, a lather, a millworker and a roofer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 J H Clark at 241 Renfrew Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph H Clark there as the householder, a cement finisher, with Alex Clark, a millworker. In 1940 the directory lists R Clark at 1464 Renfrew Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rayner Clark there as the householder, a roofer.

In 1940 the directory lists J R Clarke at 2344 Renfrew Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James R Clarke there as the householder, a lather, with Joan M Clarke, a saleswoman at the BC Electric Railway, and Mary Clarke, a saleswoman at Woodward's.

Today

241 Renfrew still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 2344 Renfrew (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1464 Renfrew, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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, street section

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.