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A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

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

    76 Kingsway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • N D Taylor, a photographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Lunch Ducky at 66 and Junior League Thrift Shop at 80. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1066 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs A Taylor, widow of P 1940
    • Ivan Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Oates at 1022. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2523 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • F J Taylor, a confectioner 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W Sisco at 2521 and O Olsen at 2525. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3319 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs A Taylor, widow of L L 1940

    Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 3317 and Collingwood Drygds at 3321. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3323 Kingsway

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • E G Taylor, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Collingwood Drygds at 3321 and Rio Cafe at 3325. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the six: a photographer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Mount Pleasant. 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 N D Taylor, a photographer, at 76 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman D Taylor there, a photographer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A Taylor at 1066 Kingsway; 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 Amy Taylor there as the householder, widow of P, with Ivan Taylor.

In 1940 the directory lists F J Taylor, a confectioner, at 2523 Kingsway. Mrs A Taylor is listed at 3319 Kingsway in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Annie Taylor there as the householder, widow of L L.

E G Taylor is listed at 3323 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest G Taylor there as the householder, retired.

Today

1066 Kingsway (1988) and 3319 Kingsway (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 76 Kingsway, 2523 Kingsway and 3323 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway
1913 People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway. Not at the house at 1066 Kingsway: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-2294. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.