A family name on East 20th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Walker at two addresses in 1940, all on East 20th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 138 other streets too, all listed on the Walker name's own page.
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Where the Walkers lived
- 1
117 East 20th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- D W Walker, a bricklayer 1940
Next door in 1940: F G Judd at 107 and G Lucifero at 127. The block, door by door
- 2
1650 East 20th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H R Walker, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: J E Bailey at 1642 and Mrs E Edwards at 1658. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a bricklayer and an engineer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 W Walker at 117 East 20th 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 Drayton W Walker there as the householder, a bricklayer. In 1940 the directory lists H R Walker at 1650 East 20th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh R Walker there as the householder, an engineer.
Today
117 East 20th and 1650 East 20th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Walker D W117 East 20th, p. 230
- Walker Drayton W brklyr117 East 20th, p. 637
- *Walker H R1650 East 20th, p. 230
- Walker Hugh R eng1650 East 20th, p. 637
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Walkers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Walker 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.