A family name on East 18th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on East 18th 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
8 East 18th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- J Taylor, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I Grinson at 22. The block, door by door
- 2
606 East 18th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Mrs Mabel G Taylor, an instructress at Singer Sewing Machinery 1940
Next door in 1940: A Jenkins at 612. The block, door by door
- 3
715 East 18th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Orrin H Taylor, a machinist helper 1940
Next door in 1940: A M Lecam at 711 and W Doig at 719. The block, door by door
- 4
723 East 18th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- R A Taylor, a mechanic at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works 1940
Next door in 1940: W Doig at 719 and Mrs M M Nightingale at 743. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, an instructress, a machinist helper and a mechanic.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Riley Park (2). 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 J Taylor at 8 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Taylor there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mabel G Taylor at 606 East 18th Avenue, an instructress at Singer Sewing Machinery. The 1940 name section lists Orrin H Taylor at 715 East 18th Avenue, a machinist helper.
In 1940 the directory lists R A Taylor at 723 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Roy A Taylor there as the householder, a mechanic at the Terminal Sheet Metal Works.
Today
8 East 18th and 715 East 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 606 East 18th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 723 East 18th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Taylor J8 East 18th, p. 226
- Taylor John carp8 East 18th, p. 603
- Taylor Mrs Mabel G instructress Singer Sewing Mach606 East 18th, p. 603
- Taylor Orrin H mach hlpr715 East 18th, p. 603
- Taylor R A723 East 18th, p. 226
- Taylor Roy A mech Term Sht Mtl Wks723 East 18th, p. 604
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Taylors
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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.