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A family name on Wellington Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Taylor at three addresses in 1940, all on Wellington Avenue, 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

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

    3180 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R N Taylor 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Bayley at 3166 and R N Taylor at 3192. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3192 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R N Taylor, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: R N Taylor at 3180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3312 Wellington Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mary E Taylor, widow of R J 1940

    Next door in 1940: P C Reid at 3304 and A G Gratton at 3316. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a carpenter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (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 R N Taylor at 3180 Wellington Avenue. R N Taylor is listed at 3192 Wellington Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Richard N Taylor there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Mary E Taylor at 3312 Wellington Avenue, widow of R J.

Today

3180 Wellington and 3192 Wellington still have their buildings from before 1946; 3312 Wellington (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 4 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.