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A family name on Parker Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise

The Kings

In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses

The directories print two people named King at two addresses in 1940, all on Parker Street. 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 111 other streets too, all listed on the King name's own page.

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Where the Kings 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

    2524 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A King, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Roots at 2516 and S Dowling at 2534. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3234 Parker Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F G King, a gearman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Carrie at 3230 and J L Gibbard at 3238. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all two: a gearman and a laborer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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

In 1940 the directory lists A King at 2524 Parker Street; 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 Archibald King there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists F G King at 3234 Parker Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G King there as the householder, a gearman.

Today

2524 Parker still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 3234 Parker (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret
1932 Mr. Brookhouse's house at 1872 Parker Street, with its corner turret. Not at the house at 2524 Parker: no archive photo of the 2500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4161. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 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 Kings

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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.