A family name on West 27th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
The Taylors
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Taylor at two addresses in 1940, all on West 27th 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: four Taylors at 3600 West 27th 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
- 1
2970 West 27th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- D M Taylor, an accountant at Eastman Photographer Materials 1940
Next door in 1940: J W McGibbon at 2964 and D McDonald at 2974. The block, door by door
- 2
3600 West 27th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs C A Taylor, widow of R 1940
- Edith A Taylor, a nurse 1940
- Nora E Q Taylor, a saleswoman at United Cigar Stores 1940
- Winnifred Taylor, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a nurse (2), an accountant and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
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 D M Taylor at 2970 West 27th 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 David M Taylor there as the householder, an accountant at Eastman Photographer Materials. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C A Taylor at 3600 West 27th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Carrie A Taylor there as the householder, widow of R, with Edith A Taylor, a nurse, Nora E Q Taylor, a saleswoman at United Cigar Stores, and Winnifred Taylor, a nurse at the St Pauls Hospital.
Today
2970 West 27th and 3600 West 27th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Taylor D M2970 West 27th, p. 242
- Taylor David M acct Eastman Photog Materials2970 West 27th, p. 602
- Taylor Mrs C A3600 West 27th, p. 242
- Taylor Carrie A wid R3600 West 27th, p. 602
- Taylor Edith A nurse3600 West 27th, p. 602
- Taylor Nora E Q slswm United Cigar Stores3600 West 27th, p. 603
- Taylor Winnifred nurse St Pauls Hosp3600 West 27th, p. 604
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.