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A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue, with the close spelling Tylor. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Taylors at 145 East 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 214 other streets too, all listed on the Taylor name's own page.

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Where the Taylors 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

    145 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs J Taylor, widow of G W 1940
    • George T Taylor 1940
    • William H Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M M Hodgson at 153. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    218 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs A V Taylor, widow of H G 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Amundsen at 228. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    649 East 11th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R J Taylor, proprietor of Taylor's Mount Pleasant Floral 1940
    • Grace E Taylor, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Proud at 643 and J Goad at 659. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1514 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A A Taylor, a resawer at Sitka Spruce Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Bruce at 1510 and C R Rowland at 1516. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a proprietor, a resawer and a school teacher. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Mrs J Taylor at 145 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Jemima Taylor there as the householder, widow of G W, with George T Taylor and William H Taylor. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A V Taylor at 218 East 11th 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 lists Ada V Taylor there as the householder, widow of H G.

In 1940 the directory lists R J Taylor at 649 East 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald J Taylor there as the householder, proprietor of Taylor's Mount Pleasant Floral, with Grace E Taylor, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists A A Taylor at 1514 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alfred A Taylor there as the householder, a resawer at Sitka Spruce Lumber.

Today

218 East 11th and 649 East 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 145 East 11th (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1514 East 11th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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.