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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at six addresses

The directories print eight people named Taylor at six addresses in 1940, all on West 13th 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

    127 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W G Taylor, an upholsterer 1940
    • Ethel M Taylor, a saleswoman at Metro Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Bell at 123 and A Mackintosh at 131. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1046 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A B Taylor, a masseur at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Moore at 1036 and D Crawford at 1056. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1126 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Frank T Taylor 1940
    • Mattie Taylor, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr A J MacLachlan at 1116 and L F Marshall at 1130. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4217 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R E Taylor, proprietor of University Transfer 1940

    Next door in 1940: A H Parkinson at 4215 and C P McK Kennedy at 4223. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4264 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R A Taylor, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Blake at 4254 and T H Green at 4274. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4458 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F Taylor, an assistant office manager 1940

    Next door in 1940: R V Kentish-Rankin at 4454 and K McLean at 4464. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: an assistant office manager, a masseur, a proprietor, a saleswoman and an upholsterer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West Point Grey (3), Fairview (2) and Mount Pleasant. 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 W G Taylor, an upholsterer, at 127 West 13th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William G Taylor there, an upholsterer, with Ethel M Taylor, a saleswoman at Metro Stores. In 1940 the directory lists A B Taylor at 1046 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Archie B Taylor there as the householder, a masseur at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government.

The 1940 name section lists Frank T Taylor at 1126 West 13th Avenue, with Mattie Taylor, widow of J. R E Taylor is listed at 4217 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert E Taylor there as the householder, proprietor of University Transfer.

R A Taylor is listed at 4264 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Taylor there as the householder, retired. F Taylor is listed at 4458 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Taylor there as the householder, an assistant office manager.

Today

127 West 13th and 4217 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1046 West 13th (1959), 1126 West 13th (1959), 4264 West 13th (1991) and 4458 West 13th (2020) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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.