A family name on Richards Street, Downtown
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 Richards 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
647 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs L Taylor, who kept rooms to let 1940
- Dolly Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: P J Pert at 641 and G Williams at 651. The block, door by door
- 2
876 Richards Street
Downtown, 1940
- Annie Taylor, a waitress 1940
Next door in 1940: H B Jackson at 872 and Rapid Transf at 880. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (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 Mrs L Taylor, rooms to let, at 647 Richards Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Louisa Taylor there, who kept rooms to let, with Dolly Taylor. The 1940 name section lists Annie Taylor at 876 Richards Street, a waitress.
Today
The City no longer lists 647 Richards and 876 Richards, 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 Mrs L rooms647 Richards, p. 141
- Taylor Dolly647 Richards, p. 602
- Taylor Mrs Louisa rooms rooms647 Richards, p. 603
- Taylor Annie waitress876 Richards, 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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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.