A family name on East 13th Avenue, Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Taylor at three addresses in 1940, all on East 13th 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 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
- 1
591 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- R Taylor, a janitor 1940
- Edith Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: J Mearns at 589 and J K Marshall at 593. The block, door by door
- 2
843 East 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Leonard L C Taylor, a lumber grader 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A P Brendon at 837. The block, door by door
- 3
1524 East 13th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Robert A Taylor, who worked for Vancouver Breweries 1940
Next door in 1940: K Negora at 1532. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an employee, a janitor and a lumber grader.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) 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 R Taylor at 591 East 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert Taylor there as the householder, a janitor, with Edith Taylor. The 1940 name section lists Leonard L C Taylor at 843 East 13th Avenue, a lumber grader. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Taylor at 1524 East 13th Avenue, who worked for Vancouver Breweries.
Today
843 East 13th and 1524 East 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 591 East 13th, 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.
- Taylor R591 East 13th, p. 210
- Taylor Edith591 East 13th, p. 602
- Taylor Robt jntr591 East 13th, p. 604
- Taylor Leonard L C lbr grader843 East 13th, p. 603
- Taylor Robt A emp Van Brew1524 East 13th, p. 604
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Taylors
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Taylor name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.