A family name on Franklin Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Taylor at three addresses in 1940, all on Franklin 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
1531 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- M F Taylor, who worked for Wall St Shingle 1940
- Bernice L Taylor 1940
- 2
2266 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- William S Taylor, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: V C Andres at 2256 and F L Harris at 2272. The block, door by door
- 3
2276 Franklin Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs Margaret Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: F L Harris at 2272. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an employee.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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
In 1940 the directory lists M F Taylor, rooms to let, at 1531 Franklin Street; 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 Magnus F Taylor there, who worked for Wall St Shingle, with Bernice L Taylor. The 1940 name section lists William S Taylor at 2266 Franklin Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Margaret Taylor at 2276 Franklin Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 1531 Franklin, 2266 Franklin and 2276 Franklin, 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 M F rooms1531 Franklin, p. 51
- Taylor Bernice L1531 Franklin, p. 602
- Taylor Magnus F emp Wall St Shingle1531 Franklin, p. 603
- Taylor Wm S retired2266 Franklin, p. 604
- Taylor Mrs Margt2276 Franklin, 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.