A family name on East 2nd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Walker at three addresses in 1940, all on East 2nd 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
1857 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- John Walker, a serviceman at Hoover 1940
Next door in 1940: R W Thompson at 1849. The block, door by door
- 2
2159 East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Rev A Walker, an assistant pastor at the Renfrew United Church 1940
- Goldie E C Walker, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: A Haines at 2153 and J R Matthew at 2165. The block, door by door
- 3
2568 East 2nd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Laura E Walker, widow of G 1940
Next door in 1940: H T McLean at 2560. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an assistant pastor and a serviceman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 John Walker at 1857 East 2nd Avenue, a serviceman at Hoover. Rev A Walker is listed at 2159 East 2nd 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 Rev Andrew Walker there as the householder, an assistant pastor at the Renfrew United Church, with Goldie E C Walker, a student. The 1940 name section lists Laura E Walker at 2568 East 2nd Avenue, widow of G.
Today
1857 East 2nd (1980), 2159 East 2nd (1981) and 2568 East 2nd (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Walker John servmn Hoover1857 East 2nd, p. 637
- *Walker Rev A2159 East 2nd, p. 175
- Walker Rev Andw asst pastor Renfrew United Ch2159 East 2nd, p. 637
- Walker Goldie E C studt2159 East 2nd, p. 637
- Walker Laura E wid G2568 East 2nd, p. 638
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.