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A family name on Victoria Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Taylor at three addresses in 1940, all on Victoria Drive, 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 most under one roof: four Taylors at 4172 Victoria Drive in 1940. 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

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2809 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • N Taylor, a jeweller 1940

    Next door in 1940: G W McKenzie at 2803 and R C Carle at 2815. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3434 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • G P Taylor, a driver at Buckerfield's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Sinclair at 3462. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4172 Victoria Drive

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W A Taylor, a clerk at the National Harbours Board 1940
    • Gladys V Taylor, a saleswoman at Woodward's 1940
    • Jean S Taylor, a clerk at Woodward's 1940
    • Norman Taylor, a salesman at Campbell Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Steele at 4150. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a clerk (2), a driver, a jeweller, a salesman and a saleswoman. Two of them worked for Woodward's.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3). 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 N Taylor at 2809 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman Taylor there as the householder, a jeweller. In 1940 the directory lists G P Taylor at 3434 Victoria Drive; 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 George P Taylor there as the householder, a driver at Buckerfield's.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Taylor at 4172 Victoria Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William A Taylor there as the householder, a clerk at the National Harbours Board, with Gladys V Taylor, a saleswoman at Woodward's, Jean S Taylor, a clerk at Woodward's, and Norman Taylor, a salesman at Campbell Motors.

Today

2809 Victoria Drive (2000) and 4172 Victoria Drive (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3434 Victoria Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.