A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Clark at two addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd Avenue, 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 most under one roof: three Clarks at 3424 West 2nd 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
- 1
2385 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Florence M Clark 1940
Next door in 1940: C N Oldaker at 2375 and B Jamieson at 2391. The block, door by door
- 2
3424 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs M S Clark, widow of H S 1940
- Madge S Clark, a stenographer at Wood & English 1940
- Noel S Clark, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: O Wagner at 3416 and B Carruthers at 3430. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a meterman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Florence M Clark at 2385 West 2nd Avenue. Mrs M S Clark is listed at 3424 West 2nd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists May S Clark there as the householder, widow of H S, with Madge S Clark, a stenographer at Wood & English, and Noel S Clark, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
2385 West 2nd (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3424 West 2nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clark Florence M2385 West 2nd, p. 112
- *Clark Mrs M S3424 West 2nd, p. 177
- Clark Madge S sten Wood & English3424 West 2nd, p. 112
- Clark May S wid H S3424 West 2nd, p. 112
- Clark Noel S meterman BCER3424 West 2nd, p. 112
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.