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A family name on Harwood Street, West End

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on Harwood 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 most under one roof: three Taylors at 1245 Harwood in 1940. 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 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • J M Taylor, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H J Pond at 1010. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1210 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • James N Taylor, an inspector at the Bank of Montreal 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gardens Rose at 1202 and Rev A E Cooke at 1232. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1245 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs H K Taylor, widow of E C 1940
    • Edward P Taylor, a director at Horne, Taylor & Co Ltd 1940
    • John E Taylor, a salesman at Galbraith & Sulley 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Hobbs at 1225 and Miss M L Alexander at 1285. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1534 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Jessie Taylor 1940
    • William W Taylor, a salesman for J Stearman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Blair at 1550. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a salesman (2), a director and an inspector. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 J M Taylor, rooms to let, at 1006 Harwood Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John M Taylor there, who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists James N Taylor at 1210 Harwood Street, an inspector at the Bank of Montreal.

Mrs H K Taylor is listed at 1245 Harwood Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists H Kathleen Taylor there as the householder, widow of E C, with Edward P Taylor, a director at Horne, Taylor & Co Ltd, and John E Taylor, a salesman at Galbraith & Sulley. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jessie Taylor at 1534 Harwood Street, with William W Taylor, a salesman for J Stearman.

Today

1245 Harwood (2018) and 1534 Harwood (1965) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1006 Harwood and 1210 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.