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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Taskers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Tasker at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Taskers 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

    6715 Gladstone Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • G K Tasker, a sectionman at the CPR 1940
  2. 2

    715 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F T Tasker, an office manager at Burroughs Adding Machinery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Badette Barbara at 711 and Star Loan Co at 719. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1654 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A J Tasker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Russell at 1652 and S A Wood at 1656. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2917 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F G Tasker, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Hay at 2907 and W Sookochoff at 2935. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2306 West 43rd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F A Tasker, of Greenaway & Tasker 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Huxtable at 2346. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an office manager, a sectionman and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 K Tasker at 6715 Gladstone Street; 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 Glen K Tasker there as the householder, a sectionman at the CPR. In 1940 the directory lists F T Tasker at 715 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick T Tasker there as the householder, an office manager at Burroughs Adding Machinery.

In 1940 the directory lists A J Tasker at 1654 Venables Street. The 1940 name section lists A John Tasker there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists F G Tasker at 2917 West 34th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick G Tasker there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists F A Tasker at 2306 West 43rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick A Tasker there as the householder, of Greenaway & Tasker.

Today

1654 Venables still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 6715 Gladstone (1982) and 2917 West 34th (1975) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 715 Robson and 2306 West 43rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.