A family name on Yew Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Clarks
In the city directories 1930–1945 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Clark at two addresses between 1930 and 1945, all on Yew Street, 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 directories print the name on 176 other streets too, all listed on the Clark name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Clarks lived
- 1
2236 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1930–1945
- A T Clarke, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel from 1930 to 1945
- Ken G Clarke, a millworker at Pacific Veneer 1940
Next door in 1945: Mrs M D C Howe at 2228. The block, door by door
- 2
1546 Yew Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs H Clark, widow of W 1940
- Beatrice C Clark, a nurse 1940
Next door in 1940: suffolk block at 1540. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a millworker, a nurse and a porter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 1930 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alfred T Clarke at 2236 Yew Street as the householder, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel. By 1935 it is A T Clarke, again in 1940 and 1945; the 1945 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 lists Alfred T Clarke there as the householder, a porter at the Vancouver Hotel, with Ken G Clarke, a millworker at Pacific Veneer.
Mrs H Clark is listed at 1546 Yew Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Helen Clark there as the householder, widow of W, with Beatrice C Clark, a nurse.
Today
2236 Yew and 1546 Yew still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.