A family name on West 45th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Oakridge
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 45th 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 2976 West 45th 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
1974 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- E M Taylor, a clerk at Shell Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: F M Reid at 1970 and A D Creer at 1984. The block, door by door
- 2
2976 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Mrs A C Taylor 1940
- Leonard Taylor, a salesman at Spencer's 1940
- T Leavitt F Taylor, a clerk 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Malkin at 2958. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk (2) and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 E M Taylor at 1974 West 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elmore M Taylor there as the householder, a clerk at Shell Oil. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A C Taylor at 2976 West 45th 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 lists Mrs Adriana C Taylor there as the householder, with Leonard Taylor, a salesman at Spencer's, and T Leavitt F Taylor, a clerk.
Today
The City no longer lists 1974 West 45th and 2976 West 45th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Taylor E M1974 West 45th, p. 262
- Taylor Elmore M clk Shell Oil1974 West 45th, p. 602
- *Taylor Mrs A C2976 West 45th, p. 262
- Taylor Mrs Adriana C2976 West 45th, p. 602
- Taylor Leonard slsmn Spencers2976 West 45th, p. 603
- Taylor T Leavitt F clk2976 West 45th, 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.