A family name on Seymour 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 Seymour 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
1079 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs Rosetta Taylor, a waitress 1940
Next door in 1940: E McCarry at 1073 and T W Barrow at 1083. The block, door by door
- 2
1132 Seymour Street
Downtown, 1940
- J G Taylor, proprietor of A B C Transfer 1940
- Rosina Taylor, a laundress at Star Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs T Morito at 1136. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a laundress, a proprietor and 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Rosetta Taylor at 1079 Seymour Street, a waitress. J G Taylor is listed at 1132 Seymour Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John G Taylor there as the householder, proprietor of A B C Transfer, with Rosina Taylor, a laundress at Star Laundry.
Today
The City no longer lists 1079 Seymour and 1132 Seymour, 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 Rosetta waitress1079 Seymour, p. 604
- Taylor J G1132 Seymour, p. 151
- Taylor John G prop A B C Transf1132 Seymour, p. 603
- Taylor Rosina lndrs Star Lndy1132 Seymour, p. 604
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.