A family name on Seymour Street, Downtown
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Clark at two addresses in 1940, all on Seymour Street, with the close spelling Clarke. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
441 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- A H Clark, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: Sunny Dale Coffee Shop at 437 and Sandy's Billiards at 443. The block, door by door
- 2
556 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- J Clark, a store installer 1940
Next door in 1940: Clarke & Stuart Co at 550 and Gehrke's Ltd at 566. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 A H Clark, a manufacturers agent, at 441 Seymour Street. J Clark, a store installer, is listed at 556 Seymour Street in 1940.
Today
The City no longer lists 441 Seymour and 556 Seymour, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clark A H mfrs agt441 Seymour, p. 149
- Clark J store installer556 Seymour, p. 150
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.