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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stokers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Stoker at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Stokers 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

    1071 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • G L Stoker, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Farren at 1065 and E R Edwards at 1089. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • C Stoker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2950 Renfrew Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • James Stoker, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Coffee Cup at 2920. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1601 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Roland Stoker, of Outboard Motor Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: R W Crawford at 1615. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a logger and a physician.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Renfrew-Collingwood, Sunset and West End. 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 G L Stoker at 1071 East 51st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George L Stoker there as the householder, a physician. The 1940 name section lists C Stoker at 1212 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists James Stoker at 2950 Renfrew Street, a logger.

The 1940 name section lists Roland Stoker at 1601 Robson Street, of Outboard Motor Supplies.

Today

1212 Granville and 2950 Renfrew still have their buildings from before 1946; 1071 East 51st (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1601 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Stokers

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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.