A family name on East 2nd 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 2nd 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
1592 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- F J Taylor, a decorator 1940
- F Alvin Taylor, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: J Linton at 1582. The block, door by door
- 2
2016 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- A A Taylor, retired 1940
- Grace E Taylor, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: S L Beyer at 2024. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a decorator, an operator and a painter.
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 F J Taylor at 1592 East 2nd 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 Frederick J Taylor there as the householder, a decorator, with F Alvin Taylor, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists A A Taylor at 2016 East 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Andrew A Taylor there as the householder, retired, with Grace E Taylor, an operator at the BC Telephone.
Today
1592 East 2nd and 2016 East 2nd 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 F J1592 East 2nd, p. 175
- Taylor F Alvin pntr1592 East 2nd, p. 602
- Taylor Fredk J decrtr1592 East 2nd, p. 602
- *Taylor A A2016 East 2nd, p. 175
- Taylor Andw A retired2016 East 2nd, p. 602
- Taylor Grace E opr BC Tel2016 East 2nd, p. 603
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.