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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Taylor at four addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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 most under one roof: three Taylors at 1032 West 8th 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

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

    340 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M M Taylor, widow of J J 1940

    Next door in 1940: D McKay at 324 and P Trudelle at 344. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1032 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A E Taylor, a carpenter 1940
    • Joan Taylor, a stenographer at Western Leckie 1940
    • Margaret T Taylor, a teacher at the York House School 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H S Wilson at 1000 and W Western at 1042. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1631 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Taylor, retired 1940
    • James B Taylor, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Harkness at 1625 and E Thomas at 1641. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4172 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R Taylor, an agent at Imperial Life Assce 1940
    • Margaret L Taylor, a stenographer for J R Watkins 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Green at 4160 and W A Machaffie at 4182. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a stenographer (2), an agent, a carpenter and a teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 M Taylor at 340 West 8th 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 Maude M Taylor there as the householder, widow of J J. In 1940 the directory lists A E Taylor at 1032 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur E Taylor there as the householder, a carpenter, with Joan Taylor, a stenographer at Western Leckie, and Margaret T Taylor, a teacher at the York House School.

In 1940 the directory lists T Taylor at 1631 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Taylor there as the householder, retired, with James B Taylor, a student. In 1940 the directory lists R Taylor at 4172 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Russell Taylor there as the householder, an agent at Imperial Life Assce, with Margaret L Taylor, a stenographer for J R Watkins.

Today

4172 West 8th (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 340 West 8th, 1032 West 8th and 1631 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.