A family name on East Pender Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
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 Pender 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
- 1
853 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Benjamin Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: W Wayslow at 833 and 4 listings at 867. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
1232 East Pender Street
Strathcona, 1940
- R M Taylor, proprietor of the Pioneer Foundry 1940
Next door in 1940: Can Sumner Iron Wks (plant) at 1214 and Pioneer Fndy at 1236. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (3). 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 Benjamin Taylor at 853 East Pender Street. A J Taylor is listed at 1031 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alfred J Taylor there as the householder, a clerk.
R M Taylor is listed at 1232 East Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert M Taylor there as the householder, proprietor of the Pioneer Foundry.
Today
853 East Pender (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1031 East Pender and 1232 East Pender, so those buildings are 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.
- Taylor Benj853 East Pender, p. 602
- Taylor A J1031 East Pender, p. 127
- Taylor Alfd J clk1031 East Pender, p. 602
- Taylor R M1232 East Pender, p. 127
- Taylor Robt M prop Pioneer Fndy1232 East Pender, p. 604
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.