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A family name on West 37th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on West 37th 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. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2930 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • P A Taylor, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Thomson at 2922 and H N C Frost at 2938. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3560 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J H Taylor, a millwright at the Alberta Wheat Pool 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C McCalpin at 3554 and Miss A R Weatherbee at 3568. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3626 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J Taylor, a salesman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Balfe at 3642. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3750 West 37th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • E H Taylor, retired 1940
    • Geoffrey W Taylor, a bookkeeper at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: M N MacKinnon at 3738 and Mrs J G Kay at 3760. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a bookkeeper, a millwright and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 P A Taylor at 2930 West 37th 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 Perring A Taylor there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J H Taylor at 3560 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John H Taylor there as the householder, a millwright at the Alberta Wheat Pool.

In 1940 the directory lists J Taylor at 3626 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John Taylor there as the householder, a salesman at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists E H Taylor at 3750 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ernest H Taylor there as the householder, retired, with Geoffrey W Taylor, a bookkeeper at the Province.

Today

3626 West 37th and 3750 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2930 West 37th (1989) and 3560 West 37th (2002) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Taylors

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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.