A family name on East 28th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Parkers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Parker at two addresses in 1940, all on East 28th 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
Collingwood
- 1
2342 East 28th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A E Parker, a carpenter 1940
- Barbara E Parker, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal 1940
Next door in 1940: G Feeney at 2332 and Mrs E Baillie at 2350. The block, door by door
- 2
3096 East 28th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- A V Parker, a salesman at Cowan-Dodson 1940
- Margaret Parker, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: F S Campbell at 3082. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a clerk, a salesman and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 E Parker at 2342 East 28th Avenue; 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 Albert E Parker there as the householder, a carpenter, with Barbara E Parker, a clerk at the Bank of Montreal. In 1940 the directory lists A V Parker at 3096 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert V Parker there as the householder, a salesman at Cowan-Dodson, with Margaret Parker, a saleswoman at Woodward's.
Today
2342 East 28th and 3096 East 28th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Parker A E2342 East 28th, p. 243
- Parker Albt E carp2342 East 28th, p. 479
- Parker Barbara E clk Bk of Mont2342 East 28th, p. 479
- Parker A V3096 East 28th, p. 243
- Parker Albt V slsmn Cowan-Dodson3096 East 28th, p. 479
- Parker Margt slswm Woodwards3096 East 28th, p. 480
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.