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A family name on East 28th Avenue, Renfrew-Collingwood, Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at five addresses

The directories print ten people named Walker at five addresses in 1940, all on East 28th Avenue. 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 Walkers at 1295 East 28th in 1940. 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

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

    612 East 28th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • K J Walker 1940
    • Ethel Walker 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Blair at 604 and C W Colter at 620. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1138 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F W Walker, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G D Munro at 1112. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1271 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Walker, retired 1940
    • James Walker, a machinist at Boyles Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: A MacDonald at 1265 and H A Searl at 1279. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1295 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C M Walker, a laborer at the CPR 1940
    • Ellen M Walker 1940
    • Irene L Walker, a waitress for Aristocratic Hamburgers 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Ogg at 1287 and Mrs E Quinn at 1297. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1336 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Walker, a sheet metal worker at Neon Products 1940
    • Beryl V Walker, an assembler at the CN Institute 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss A E Kerr at 1320 and I A Warren at 1350. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the ten: a laborer (2), an assembler, a machinist, a sheet metal worker and a waitress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (4) 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 K J Walker at 612 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ken J Walker there as the householder, with Ethel Walker. In 1940 the directory lists F W Walker at 1138 East 28th 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 Fred W Walker there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists T Walker at 1271 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Walker there as the householder, retired, with James Walker, a machinist at Boyles Bros. In 1940 the directory lists C M Walker at 1295 East 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Chris M Walker there as the householder, a laborer at the CPR, with Ellen M Walker, and Irene L Walker, a waitress for Aristocratic Hamburgers.

In 1940 the directory lists J Walker at 1336 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Walker there as the householder, a sheet metal worker at Neon Products, with Beryl V Walker, an assembler at the CN Institute.

Today

1271 East 28th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 612 East 28th (1970), 1138 East 28th (1970), 1295 East 28th (2012) and 1336 East 28th (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 15 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.