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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Clark at five addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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

    915 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E B Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: Morgan & Paris at 911 and Arts Richmond at 919. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1537 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs H Clark, widow of D 1940
    • Hollis M Clark, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A P McEwan at 1535 and H McKibbin at 1543. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1840 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • S J Clarke, a president for B M Clarke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs N Bonham at 1818 and 9 listings at 1860. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1960 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Helen I Clark, of Godissarts Cosmetics 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Timlick at 1914 and W Van at 1972. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1972 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Kathryn E Clark, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
    • William Clark, a salesman at Swartz Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: J B W Green at 1960. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a president, a salesman, a saleswoman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4) and Downtown. 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 E B Clark at 915 Robson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists E B Clark there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Clark, rooms to let, at 1537 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Harriett Clark there, widow of D, with Hollis M Clark, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists S J Clarke at 1840 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Stan J Clarke there as the householder, a president for B M Clarke. The 1940 name section lists Helen I Clark at 1960 Robson Street, of Godissarts Cosmetics. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Kathryn E Clark at 1972 Robson Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's, with William Clark, a salesman at Swartz Bros.

Today

1960 Robson (1959) and 1972 Robson (1953) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 915 Robson, 1537 Robson and 1840 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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.