A family name on East 1st Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Taylor at two addresses in 1940, all on East 1st Avenue, with the close spelling Tylor. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Taylors at 2042 East 1st 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
- 1
1780 East 1st Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- J Taylor, a fitter at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: G C Murphy at 1774 and W J Stephens at 1782. The block, door by door
- 2
2042 East 1st Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs A C Taylor, widow of J 1940
- J Ray Taylor, a helper at Vancouver Motors 1940
- John L Taylor, a machinist 1940
Next door in 1940: G J Webster at 2036 and I Wynn-Williams at 2046. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a fitter, a helper and a machinist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 1780 East 1st 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 John Taylor there as the householder, a fitter at the Burrard Dry Dock. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A C Taylor at 2042 East 1st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Agnes C Taylor there as the householder, widow of J, with J Ray Taylor, a helper at Vancouver Motors, and John L Taylor, a machinist.
Today
1780 East 1st and 2042 East 1st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Taylor J1780 East 1st, p. 172
- Taylor John ftr Burrard Dry Dock1780 East 1st, p. 603
- *Taylor Mrs A C2042 East 1st, p. 172
- Taylor Agnes C wid J2042 East 1st, p. 602
- Taylor J Ray hlpr Van Motors2042 East 1st, p. 603
- Taylor John L mach2042 East 1st, p. 603
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.