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A family name on West 27th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Shaughnessy

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Clark at four addresses in 1940, all on West 27th 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 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

    1246 West 27th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • R W Clark, a salesman for A B Balderston 1940
    • Harold T Clark, a driver at H Morris Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: S W Muncey at 1236 and G S Clark at 1256. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1256 West 27th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G S Clark, of Lawson, Clark & Lundell 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Clark at 1246 and E H Watchorn at 1266. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3522 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W Clark, a game warden at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: A L Robertson at 3514 and G A Grant at 3528. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3575 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs M Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Russell at 3567. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, a game warden and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Shaughnessy (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 R W Clark at 1246 West 27th 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 Robert W Clark there as the householder, a salesman for A B Balderston, with Harold T Clark, a driver at H Morris Oil. In 1940 the directory lists G S Clark at 1256 West 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George S Clark there as the householder, of Lawson, Clark & Lundell.

In 1940 the directory lists W Clark at 3522 West 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Clark there as the householder, a game warden at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Clark at 3575 West 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Minnie Clark there as the householder.

Today

1256 West 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 3522 West 27th (2008) and 3575 West 27th (1987) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1246 West 27th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.