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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Clark at five addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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

    143 West 3rd Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Clark, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Findlay at 137 and A Laferriere at 147. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1857 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W E Clark, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Ferguson at 1851 and J McClurkan at 1861. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2555 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • T Clark, a stockkeeper at Neon Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss I S MacInnes at 2545 and J Y Reid at 2557. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3435 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Frances P Clark, a stenographer at Canadian Red Cross 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Boden at 3421 and Mrs F M Pratt at 3449. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3476 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G R Clark, an assistant produce manager at Canadian Fishing 1940
    • Constance Clark, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F A Wood at 3466 and J J McLaughlin at 3486. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: an assistant produce manager, a driver, an on active service, a saleswoman, a stenographer and a stockkeeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) and Mount Pleasant. 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 W Clark at 143 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Clark there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists W E Clark at 1857 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William E Clark there as the householder, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists T Clark at 2555 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Clark there as the householder, a stockkeeper at Neon Products. The 1940 name section lists Frances P Clark at 3435 West 3rd Avenue, a stenographer at Canadian Red Cross.

G R Clark is listed at 3476 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George R Clark there as the householder, an assistant produce manager at Canadian Fishing, with Constance Clark, a saleswoman at Woolworths.

Today

2555 West 3rd, 3435 West 3rd and 3476 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3435 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 143 West 3rd (1953) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1857 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Clarks

Every directory, as one book

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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.