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A family name on West 38th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Parkers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Parker at three addresses in 1940, all on West 38th Avenue. 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 102 other streets too, all listed on the Parker name's own page.

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Where the Parkers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2986 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Archibald Parker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Jacob at 2978 and W M Scott at 2996. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3422 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs C E Parker, widow of B M 1940
    • Bernard B Parker, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: V G Heather at 3408 and J P Jensen at 3436. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3771 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • H Parker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M Reynolds at 3759 and K A Morrison at 3781. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (3). 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 Archibald Parker at 2986 West 38th Avenue, retired. Mrs C E Parker is listed at 3422 West 38th 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 Clara E Parker there as the householder, widow of B M, with Bernard B Parker, a student.

H Parker is listed at 3771 West 38th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry Parker there as the householder, retired.

Today

2986 West 38th, 3422 West 38th and 3771 West 38th 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Parkers

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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.