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A family name on West 20th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Clark at six addresses in 1940, all on West 20th 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 583 West 20th 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. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    54 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • G W Clarke, a market manager at Safeway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Stark at 28 and A W Wright at 60. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    92 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • C R Clarke, an accountant at Benson & Hedges 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Cummings at 86 and A Riley at 96. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    386 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • M S Clark, a salesman at BC Stevens Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Partridge at 376 and J Holmes at 396. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    583 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • H E Clarke, a clerk at the Royal Bank 1940
    • Ethel Clarke, widow of H 1940
    • Lloyd F Clarke 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Warman at 579 and M A Yarco at 587. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3524 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T Clarke, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Duclos at 3518 and Mrs Wright at 3538. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3771 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H T Clarke, an electrician for H J Sayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: J E C Maxwell at 3759. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an accountant, a clerk, a decorator, an electrician, a market manager and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (3), Dunbar-Southlands (2) and South Cambie. 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 G W Clarke at 54 West 20th 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 George W Clarke there as the householder, a market manager at Safeway. In 1940 the directory lists C R Clarke at 92 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists C Robert Clarke there as the householder, an accountant at Benson & Hedges.

In 1940 the directory lists M S Clark at 386 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Math S Clark there as the householder, a salesman at BC Stevens Co. In 1940 the directory lists H E Clarke at 583 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Horace E Clarke there as the householder, a clerk at the Royal Bank, with Ethel Clarke, widow of H, and Lloyd F Clarke.

In 1940 the directory lists T Clarke at 3524 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Clarke there as the householder, a decorator. In 1940 the directory lists H T Clarke at 3771 West 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry T Clarke there as the householder, an electrician for H J Sayer.

Today

92 West 20th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1940 by the City's record; 386 West 20th (1989), 583 West 20th (1981), 3524 West 20th (2000) and 3771 West 20th (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 54 West 20th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.