A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 33rd 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 2947 West 33rd 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
1276 West 33rd Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- T C Clarke, a district manager at the Northern Electric 1940
Next door in 1940: J Newbury at 1290. The block, door by door
- 2
2947 West 33rd Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E R Clarke, widow of H C 1940
- E Lillian Clarke, a saleswoman at Dunne & Rundle 1940
- Mary A Clarke, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Armstrong at 2935 and J C Steele at 2953. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a district manager, a saleswoman and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Shaughnessy. 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 T C Clarke at 1276 West 33rd 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 Thomas C Clarke there as the householder, a district manager at the Northern Electric. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E R Clarke at 2947 West 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Emma R Clarke there as the householder, widow of H C, with E Lillian Clarke, a saleswoman at Dunne & Rundle, and Mary A Clarke, a school teacher.
Today
2947 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1938 by the City's record; 1276 West 33rd (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Clarke T C1276 West 33rd, p. 248
- Clarke Thos C dist mgr Northern Elec1276 West 33rd, p. 114
- *Clarke Mrs E R2947 West 33rd, p. 249
- Clarke E Lillian slswm Dunne & Rundle2947 West 33rd, p. 113
- Clarke Emma R wid H C2947 West 33rd, p. 113
- Clarke Mary A sch tchr Van City2947 West 33rd, p. 114
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.