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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Clark at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, 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: five Clarks at 1414 West 11th 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

    316 West 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J A Clarke, a school principal 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Vernon at 304 and A H Mitchell at 326. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1414 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • L Clarke 1940
    • Dorothy M Clarke, a stenographer at Toronto General Trusts 1940
    • Joseph Clarke, a student 1940
    • Marguerite M Clarke, a bookkeeper at BC Leather 1940
    • Mary K Clarke, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E Watson at 1412 and W W Elder at 1422. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1589 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ethel Clark, a maid for R P Shannon 1940

    Next door in 1940: D W Gruchy at 1585. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1815 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Patrick M Clarke, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: L P Newton at 1805 and R W Jenkins at 1835. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3573 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D L Clark, a salesman at G MacDonald Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Starr at 3549 and E A Thomson at 3591. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a bookkeeper, a cleaner, a maid, an operator, a salesman and a school principal, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 A Clarke at 316 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John A Clarke there as the householder, a school principal, with Jessie Clarke. In 1940 the directory lists L Clarke at 1414 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Luke Clarke there as the householder, with Dorothy M Clarke, a stenographer at Toronto General Trusts, Joseph Clarke, a student, Marguerite M Clarke, a bookkeeper at BC Leather, and Mary K Clarke, an operator at the BC Telephone.

The 1940 name section lists Ethel Clark at 1589 West 11th Avenue, a maid for R P Shannon. The 1940 name section lists Patrick M Clarke at 1815 West 11th Avenue, a cleaner at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists D L Clark at 3573 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Don L Clark there as the householder, a salesman at G MacDonald Ltd.

Today

3573 West 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 316 West 11th, 1414 West 11th, 1589 West 11th and 1815 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.