A family name on West 49th Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on West 49th 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
- 1
2687 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- R H Clark, a professor at UBC 1940
- Robert M Clark, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Dawson at 2629 and J L Johnston at 2693. The block, door by door
- 2
2769 West 49th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- H C Clark, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: E A Munro at 2749 and V D Wescott at 2789. The block, door by door
- 3
3507 West 49th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A A Clark, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: C Ormrod at 3541. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a professor and a salesman. Two of them worked for UBC.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Dunbar-Southlands. 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 H Clark at 2687 West 49th 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 H Clark there as the householder, a professor at UBC, with Robert M Clark, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists H C Clark at 2769 West 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists H Charles Clark there as the householder, retired.
In 1940 the directory lists A A Clark at 3507 West 49th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert A Clark there as the householder, a salesman.
Today
2687 West 49th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; 2769 West 49th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3507 West 49th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Clark R H2687 West 49th, p. 265
- Clark Robt H prof UBC2687 West 49th, p. 113
- Clark Robt M studt UBC2687 West 49th, p. 113
- *Clark H C2769 West 49th, p. 265
- Clark H Chas retired2769 West 49th, p. 112
- *Clark A A3507 West 49th, p. 265
- Clark Albt A slsmn3507 West 49th, p. 111
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.