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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Taylor at five addresses in 1940, all on Hornby 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

    637 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Taylor, a compositor at Shilvock-Parkes 1940

    Next door in 1940: I McIntyre at 625 and Deeley F Ltd at 639. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    873 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harry Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Seven Dwarfs Inn at 871 and L E Canuel at 877. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    952 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Daniel Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Huffman at 946 and C H Boycott at 956. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    977 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Sam Taylor, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Coles at 975 and W Ross at 981. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1189 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James R Taylor, a painter at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M C MacLean at 1179. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a compositor, a painter and a seaman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5). 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 William Taylor at 637 Hornby Street, a compositor at Shilvock-Parkes. The 1940 name section lists Harry Taylor at 873 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Daniel Taylor at 952 Hornby Street. The 1940 name section lists Sam Taylor at 977 Hornby Street, a seaman.

The 1940 name section lists James R Taylor at 1189 Hornby Street, a painter at the CPR.

Today

637 Hornby still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 873 Hornby, 952 Hornby, 977 Hornby and 1189 Hornby, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Taylors

Every directory, as one book

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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.