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A family name on West Pender Street, Downtown

The Taylors

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Taylor at five addresses in 1940, all on West Pender Street, 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. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    339 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Harry J Taylor, a floor manager at Pender Bowling Alleys 1940

    Next door in 1940: Pender Billiard Hall at 333 and Shilvock-Parkes Ltd at 341. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1010 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • S W Taylor, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Hepplewhite at 1008 and Mrs N Stone at 1012. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James B Taylor, a floorman at the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1105 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E Taylor 1940
    • Doug Taylor, a compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Yeo at 1101 and Miss D M Cooper at 1107. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1140 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frank F Taylor, a clerk at Standard Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Clouse at 1132 and E Lipsett at 1166. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a compositor, a floor manager and a floorman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (5). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry J Taylor at 339 West Pender Street, a floor manager at Pender Bowling Alleys. S W Taylor, a barrister, is listed at 1010 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James B Taylor at 1025 West Pender Street, a floorman at the Province.

E Taylor is listed at 1105 West Pender Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward Taylor there as the householder, with Doug Taylor, a compositor at the Sun. The 1940 name section lists Frank F Taylor at 1140 West Pender Street, a clerk at Standard Oil.

Today

1140 West Pender (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 339 West Pender, 1010 West Pender, 1025 West Pender and 1105 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.