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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Taylor at seven addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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

    1006 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • F Brenton Taylor, a salesman at Walker & Worsley 1940

    Next door in 1940: Belmont Grill at 1012. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1060 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Rebecca Taylor, a waitress at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056 and Dom Furn Chain Stores at 1062. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1125 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harry Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2900 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Taylor, a baker 1940
  5. 5

    2926 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs J F Taylor, widow of A 1940
    • Mary S Taylor, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pac Shoe Reprg at 2918 and Shaugh Heights French Cleaners at 2928. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    7255 Granville Street

    Oakridge, 1940

    • A C Taylor, a president at Bralorne Mines Ltd and Bralco Ltd 1940
  7. 7

    8697 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • W T Taylor, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: H S Vickerson at 8687. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a painter, a president, a salesman, a stenographer and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Fairview (2), Marpole and Oakridge. 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 F Brenton Taylor at 1006 Granville Street, a salesman at Walker & Worsley. The 1940 name section lists Rebecca Taylor at 1060 Granville Street, a waitress at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Harry Taylor at 1125 Granville Street. Mrs M Taylor, a baker, is listed at 2900 Granville Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J F Taylor at 2926 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Julia F Taylor there as the householder, widow of A, with Mary S Taylor, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists A C Taylor at 7255 Granville 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 lists Austin C Taylor there as the householder, a president at Bralorne Mines Ltd and Bralco Ltd.

In 1940 the directory lists W T Taylor at 8697 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter T Taylor there as the householder, a painter.

Today

1060 Granville and 1125 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946, 1060 Granville on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 8697 Granville (1953) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1006 Granville, 2900 Granville, 2926 Granville and 7255 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 2926 Granville: no archive photo of the 2900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 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

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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.