A family name on East 16th Avenue, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Parkers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Parker at two addresses in 1940, all on East 16th Avenue. 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 102 other streets too, all listed on the Parker name's own page.
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Where the Parkers lived
- 1
235 East 16th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- William H Parker, a carman at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: D Thomas at 219 and Gill (no first name printed) at 237. The block, door by door
- 2
441 East 16th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- L F S Parker, a sub station operator at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: H Veale at 437 and W K Freeman at 447. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a carman and a sub station operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (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 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William H Parker at 235 East 16th Avenue, a carman at the CPR. L F S Parker is listed at 441 East 16th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists L Frank S Parker there as the householder, a sub station operator at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
The City no longer lists 235 East 16th and 441 East 16th, 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.
- Parker Wm H carmn CPR235 East 16th, p. 480
- *Parker L F S441 East 16th, p. 222
- Parker L Frank S sub sta opr BCER441 East 16th, p. 480
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Parkers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Parker 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.