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A family name on Hornby Street, Downtown

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Walker at four addresses in 1940, all on Hornby Street. 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

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

    603 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Walker, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A McIntyre at 611. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    846 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs S Walker, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Negreiff at 842 and W B Longlitz at 850. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    900 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Walker, a laborer 1940
    • Gordon G Walker, a clerk at the Post Office 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R Middleton at 902. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1179 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Thomas Walker, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Hopkins at 1173 and Mrs G Russell at 1189. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk, a laborer, an on active service and a seaman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (4). 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 James Walker at 603 Hornby Street, on active service. Mrs S Walker, rooms to let, is listed at 846 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Stella Walker there, who kept rooms to let.

W Walker is listed at 900 Hornby Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Walker there as the householder, a laborer, with William D Walker, and Gordon G Walker, a clerk at the Post Office. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Walker at 1179 Hornby Street, a seaman.

Today

The City no longer lists 603 Hornby, 846 Hornby, 900 Hornby and 1179 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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

The book of the Walkers

Every directory, as one book

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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.