A family name on Oxford Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Taylor at two addresses in 1940, all on Oxford Street, with the close spelling Tylor. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
3559 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- W J Taylor, a supervisor 1940
- Molly A Taylor, an apprentice at Davies Paper Box 1940
Next door in 1940: N Sorenson at 3551 and T Taylor at 3565. The block, door by door
- 2
3565 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Taylor at 3559 and H M Biggar at 3571. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an apprentice and a supervisor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 W J Taylor at 3559 Oxford 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter J Taylor there as the householder, a supervisor, with Molly A Taylor, an apprentice at Davies Paper Box. In 1940 the directory lists T Taylor at 3565 Oxford Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Taylor there as the householder.
Today
3565 Oxford still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 3559 Oxford (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Taylor W J3559 Oxford, p. 124
- Taylor Molly A appr Davies Paper Box3559 Oxford, p. 603
- Taylor Walter J supvr CP Com3559 Oxford, p. 604
- *Taylor T3565 Oxford, p. 124
- Taylor Thos3565 Oxford, p. 604
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.