A family name on West 19th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 19th Avenue, 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
559 West 19th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs M Taylor, widow of H E 1940
- Harry A Taylor, of Belmont Garage 1940
Next door in 1940: H B Phinney at 557 and E F Baston at 561. The block, door by door
- 2
3677 West 19th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J A Taylor, a longshoreman 1940
Next door in 1940: W Burns at 3649 and C Galbraith at 3691. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a longshoreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and South Cambie. 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 M Taylor at 559 West 19th 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 Mary Taylor there as the householder, widow of H E, with Harry A Taylor, of Belmont Garage. In 1940 the directory lists J A Taylor at 3677 West 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John A Taylor there as the householder, a longshoreman.
Today
559 West 19th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 3677 West 19th (1989) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Taylor Mrs M559 West 19th, p. 228
- Taylor Harry A of Belmont Gar559 West 19th, p. 603
- Taylor Mary wid H E559 West 19th, p. 603
- Taylor J A3677 West 19th, p. 229
- Taylor John A lngshmn3677 West 19th, p. 603
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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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.