A family name on East 14th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
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 14th 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
378 East 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Miss G A Taylor 1940
- Grace A Taylor, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: A T Stewart at 374. The block, door by door
- 2
1756 East 14th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- F A Taylor, a fitter 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Richardson at 1748 and W H Vine at 1760. The block, door by door
- 3
1803 East 14th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Leslie E Taylor, a laborer at Anderson Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: A G A Wilson at 1811. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a fitter, a laborer and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 Miss G A Taylor at 378 East 14th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Grace A Taylor there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists F A Taylor at 1756 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank A Taylor there as the householder, a fitter.
The 1940 name section lists Leslie E Taylor at 1803 East 14th Avenue, a laborer at Anderson Bros.
Today
378 East 14th and 1756 East 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1803 East 14th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Taylor Miss G A378 East 14th, p. 214
- Taylor Grace A sch tchr Van City378 East 14th, p. 603
- *Taylor F A1756 East 14th, p. 214
- Taylor Frank A ftr BCE Power & Gas1756 East 14th, p. 602
- Taylor Leslie E lab Anderson Bros1803 East 14th, p. 603
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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Every directory, as one book
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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.