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A family name on East 43rd Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Taylor at three addresses in 1940, all on East 43rd 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    336 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W A Taylor, a florist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Blair at 320 and T E Pullman at 344. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    494 East 43rd Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • S Taylor, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Kerkhecker at 486. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3254 East 43rd Avenue

    Killarney, 1940

    • Daisy Taylor, a cook 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Cooper at 3248 and F Warwick at 3258. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cook and a florist.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Killarney. 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 W A Taylor at 336 East 43rd 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 William A Taylor there as the householder, a florist. In 1940 the directory lists S Taylor at 494 East 43rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sam Taylor there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Daisy Taylor at 3254 East 43rd Avenue, a cook.

Today

336 East 43rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 494 East 43rd (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3254 East 43rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.