A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
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 8th 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
- 1
1140 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Leslie Parker 1940
Next door in 1940: L L Brown at 1110. The block, door by door
- 2
2745 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs H A Parker, widow of F G 1940
- B Joan Parker, a stenographer at Caledonian Insurance 1940
Next door in 1940: R G Roach at 2735 and Mrs H S Butterfield at 2755. The block, door by door
- 3
4368 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- R C Parker, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Davis at 4360 and A T Anthony at 4378. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 Leslie Parker at 1140 West 8th Avenue. Mrs H A Parker, a music teacher, is listed at 2745 West 8th 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 Harriett A Parker there, widow of F G, with B Joan Parker, a stenographer at Caledonian Insurance.
R C Parker is listed at 4368 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert C Parker there as the householder, retired.
Today
2745 West 8th and 4368 West 8th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2745 West 8th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1140 West 8th (1991) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Parker Leslie1140 West 8th, p. 480
- *Parker Mrs H A mus tchr2745 West 8th, p. 196
- Parker B Joan sten Caledonian Ins2745 West 8th, p. 479
- Parker Harriett A wid F G; mus tchr2745 West 8th, p. 480
- Parker R C4368 West 8th, p. 196
- Parker Robt C retired4368 West 8th, 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
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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.