A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
The Clarks
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Clark at three addresses in 1940, all on West Georgia Street, 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
1155 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Elizabeth Clarke, a saleswoman 1940
Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors Serv Sta at 1147 and A Leslie at 1159. The block, door by door
- 2
1167 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Clarke (no first name printed), a telephone operator 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs W Hall at 1163. The block, door by door
- 3
1201 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Aug B Clarke, a florist 1940
Next door in 1940: Auto Reconditioning at 1219. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a florist, a saleswoman and a telephone operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (3). 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 Elizabeth Clarke at 1155 West Georgia Street, a saleswoman. The 1940 name section lists Clarke (no first name printed) at 1167 West Georgia Street, a telephone operator. The 1940 name section lists Aug B Clarke at 1201 West Georgia Street, a florist.
Today
1201 West Georgia still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1155 West Georgia and 1167 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Clarke Eliz slswm1155 West Georgia, p. 113
- Clarke Mrs — tel opr1167 West Georgia, p. 113
- Clarke Aug B florist1201 West Georgia, p. 113
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.