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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Clark at six addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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: three Clarks at 1086 West 14th 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

    53 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E W Clark, a mechanic at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Delaney at 47 and Mrs S M Smith at 57. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    835 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J W Clark 1940
    • Berton J Clark, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Harding at 825 and A Lapides at 845. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1086 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • G U Clarke, an accountant at G A Touche & Co 1940
    • Georgina B Clarke, widow of C E 1940
    • Mary A Clarke, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Bew at 1078 and J B Martin at 1088. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1354 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs F Clarke, widow of F S 1940
    • George W Clarke, proprietor of City Taxi 1940
    • Harold M Clarke, a survey clerk at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Robertson at 1340 and Mrs M E M M Tate at 1376. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2830 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Clark, a salesman at Associated Dairies 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Donald at 2824 and C S Ross at 2836. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4035 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • S E Clarke, a loan manager at Sun Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Riley at 4027 and W E Peters at 4041. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: an accountant, a loan manager, a mechanic, a nurse, a proprietor and a salesman, among others. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 W Clark at 53 West 14th Avenue; 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 Ernest W Clark there as the householder, a mechanic at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists J W Clark at 835 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Johnson W Clark there as the householder, with Berton J Clark, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists G U Clarke at 1086 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George U Clarke there as the householder, an accountant at G A Touche & Co, with Georgina B Clarke, widow of C E, and Mary A Clarke, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs F Clarke at 1354 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frances Clarke there as the householder, widow of F S, with George W Clarke, proprietor of City Taxi, and Harold M Clarke, a survey clerk at the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists C Clark at 2830 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Clark there as the householder, a salesman at Associated Dairies. In 1940 the directory lists S E Clarke at 4035 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stan E Clarke there as the householder, a loan manager at Sun Life.

Today

53 West 14th and 4035 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 835 West 14th (2008) and 2830 West 14th (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1086 West 14th and 1354 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 17 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.