A family name on East 21st Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Walker at three addresses in 1940, all on East 21st Avenue. 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 138 other streets too, all listed on the Walker name's own page.
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Where the Walkers lived
- 1
1323 East 21st Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- H H Walker, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: B A Bell at 1317 and R H Lloyd at 1337. The block, door by door
- 2
2755 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- Roma A Walker, an assistant matron at Vancouver Preventorium 1940
- 3
3034 East 21st Avenue
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- D B Walker, a laborer at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: A Hubbard at 3068. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an assistant matron, a carpenter and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 H H Walker at 1323 East 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Herbert H Walker there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Roma A Walker at 2755 East 21st Avenue, an assistant matron at Vancouver Preventorium.
D B Walker is listed at 3034 East 21st Avenue in 1940; 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 Don B Walker there as the householder, a laborer at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
1323 East 21st (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2755 East 21st and 3034 East 21st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Walker H H1323 East 21st, p. 232
- Walker Herbt H carp1323 East 21st, p. 637
- Walker Roma A asst matron Van Preventorium2755 East 21st, p. 638
- *Walker D B3034 East 21st, p. 232
- Walker Don B lab Van Genl Hosp3034 East 21st, 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.