A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on Powell 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
123 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- George Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Junk at 135. The block, door by door
- 2
126 Powell Street
Downtown, 1940
- W Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs U Sawada at 122. The block, door by door
- 3
391 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- W Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: Z Soga at 381 and S Tsuruda at 393. The block, door by door
- 4
1516 Powell Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- E Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: M Adachi at 1514. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Grandview-Woodland and Strathcona. 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 George Taylor at 123 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists W Taylor at 126 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists W Taylor at 391 Powell Street. The 1940 name section lists E Taylor at 1516 Powell Street.
Today
1516 Powell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1905 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 123 Powell, 126 Powell and 391 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Taylor Geo123 Powell, p. 602
- Taylor W126 Powell, p. 604
- Taylor W391 Powell, p. 604
- Taylor E1516 Powell, p. 602
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.