A family name on Fleming Street, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview
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 Fleming Street, 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
4833 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs Erma Taylor, a housekeeper for W Smith 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Colon at 4825 and Mrs M J Lucchetta at 4847. The block, door by door
- 2
5576 Fleming Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J D Taylor, a checker 1940
Next door in 1940: A M Urie at 5558 and E J Davies at 5596. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a checker and a housekeeper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Erma Taylor at 4833 Fleming Street, a housekeeper for W Smith. J D Taylor is listed at 5576 Fleming Street in 1940; 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 lists John D Taylor there as the householder, a checker.
Today
5576 Fleming still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4833 Fleming, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Taylor Mrs Erma hsekpr W Smith4833 Fleming, p. 602
- *Taylor J D5576 Fleming, p. 51
- Taylor John D chkr5576 Fleming, p. 603
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.