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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

The Clarks

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Clark at six addresses in 1940, all on West Pender 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

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

    119 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G T Clarke, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: B C Leather Co Ltd at 117 and Jackson T H Ltd at 121. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    429 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss E Clark 1940
    • Eileen Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: New York Hat Wks at 427. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    528 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C P Clark, a shoe shine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Harvey & Gorrie at 524 and Art Engrav Co at 532. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    914 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Graham Clark, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Kookery Home at 912 and Touche G A & Co at 916. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harry Clark, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1074 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Clark 1940

    Next door in 1940: Terminal Sht Mtl Wks at 1090. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a fisherman and a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6). 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 G T Clarke, a manufacturers agent, at 119 West Pender Street. Miss E Clark is listed at 429 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Eileen Clark there as the householder. C P Clark, a shoe shine, is listed at 528 West Pender Street in 1940.

The 1940 name section lists Graham Clark at 914 West Pender Street, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Harry Clark at 1025 West Pender Street, a longshoreman. The 1940 name section lists James Clark at 1074 West Pender Street.

Today

119 West Pender and 429 West Pender still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 528 West Pender, 914 West Pender, 1025 West Pender and 1074 West Pender, so those buildings are 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.
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.