A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Taylor at two addresses in 1940, all on West 21st 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 most under one roof: three Taylors at 3431 West 21st 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
Southlands
- 1
3380 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- G W Taylor, an accountant at Canadian National Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: A McDonald at 3368 and C R Warner at 3392. The block, door by door
- 2
3431 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss M Taylor 1940
- Minnie Taylor, a school teacher 1940
- Caroline L Taylor 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gibson at 3421 and S Benson at 3449. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an accountant and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (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
In 1940 the directory lists G W Taylor at 3380 West 21st 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 George W Taylor there as the householder, an accountant at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists Miss M Taylor at 3431 West 21st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Minnie Taylor there as the householder, a school teacher, with Caroline L Taylor.
Today
3380 West 21st and 3431 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Taylor G W3380 West 21st, p. 233
- Taylor Geo W acct CNSS3380 West 21st, p. 603
- *Taylor Miss M3431 West 21st, p. 233
- Taylor Caroline L3431 West 21st, p. 602
- Taylor Minnie sch tchr Van City3431 West 21st, 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.