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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Taylor at five addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street, 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

    137 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Emily Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Great West Elec & Radio at 135 and Carrie's Dress Shop at 139. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    344 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • William Taylor, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Goodwill Activities Assn at 346. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    403 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Theo Taylor, a service station attendant 1940

    Next door in 1940: collins u drive ltd at 417. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1188 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • C Taylor, retired 1940
    • David G Taylor, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: 7 listings at 1182 and Shoprite Stores at 1192. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1650 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • P A Taylor, a caretaker at the Leitrim Apartments 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Scott at 1648 and H Kovish at 1652. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a caretaker, a laborer and a service station attendant.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (3), Downtown and Grandview-Woodland. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emily Taylor at 137 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists William Taylor at 344 East Hastings Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Theo Taylor at 403 East Hastings Street, a service station attendant.

C Taylor is listed at 1188 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles Taylor there as the householder, retired, with David G Taylor, a laborer. P A Taylor is listed at 1650 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Percy A Taylor there as the householder, a caretaker at the Leitrim Apartments.

Today

137 East Hastings, 344 East Hastings and 403 East Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1188 East Hastings and 1650 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Taylors

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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.