A family name on East 27th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Taylor at two addresses in 1940, all on East 27th 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 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
2429 East 27th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Mrs M I Taylor, widow of J T 1940
Next door in 1940: W Knox at 2447. The block, door by door
- 2
3037 East 27th Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- V W Taylor, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: G H Rollinson at 3031 and H Cartwright at 3047. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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 Mrs M I Taylor at 2429 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary I Taylor there as the householder, widow of J T. In 1940 the directory lists V W Taylor at 3037 East 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Vance W Taylor there as the householder, a laborer.
Today
2429 East 27th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 3037 East 27th (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Taylor Mrs M I2429 East 27th, p. 242
- Taylor Mary I wid J T2429 East 27th, p. 603
- Taylor V W3037 East 27th, p. 242
- Taylor Vance W lab3037 East 27th, 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.