A family name on McGill Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on McGill 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
2515 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D. M Taylor, a packer at BC Sugar 1940
Next door in 1940: P B McHallam at 2509 and C F Blaney at 2521. The block, door by door
- 2
2673 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Beecher D Taylor, a driver at Terminal Cartage 1940
Next door in 1940: P Izatt at 2645. The block, door by door
- 3
2689 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- George A Taylor, a clerk at Canada Packers 1940
Next door in 1940: H D Skelding at 2691. The block, door by door
- 4
2733 McGill Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- F W Taylor, a painter 1940
- Dorothy M Taylor, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
Next door in 1940: C N Bendell at 2735. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a clerk, a driver, a packer, a painter and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (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 D. M Taylor at 2515 McGill Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Daniel M Taylor there as the householder, a packer at BC Sugar. The 1940 name section lists Beecher D Taylor at 2673 McGill Street, a driver at Terminal Cartage. The 1940 name section lists George A Taylor at 2689 McGill Street, a clerk at Canada Packers.
In 1940 the directory lists F W Taylor at 2733 McGill 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 Frederick W Taylor there as the householder, a painter, with Dorothy M Taylor, a saleswoman at Woodward's.
Today
2515 McGill, 2689 McGill and 2733 McGill still have their buildings from before 1946; 2673 McGill (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Taylor D. M2515 McGill, p. 105
- Taylor Danl M pkr BC Sugar2515 McGill, p. 602
- Taylor Beecher D drvr Term Ctge2673 McGill, p. 602
- Taylor Geo A clk Canada Pkrs2689 McGill, p. 602
- *Taylor F W2733 McGill, p. 105
- Taylor Dorothy M slswm Woodward's2733 McGill, p. 602
- Taylor Fredk W pntr2733 McGill, p. 602
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.