A family name on Ontario Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Sunset and Marpole
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Walker at three addresses in 1940, all on Ontario Street. 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 6318 Ontario in 1940. The directories print the name on 138 other streets too, all listed on the Walker name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Walkers lived
- 1
3456 Ontario Street
Riley Park, 1940
- D Walker, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W H A Nicholson at 3418 and A H Green at 3468. The block, door by door
- 2
5824 Ontario Street
Sunset, 1940
- John H Walker, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Prins-Visser at 5810 and L Ursulescu at 5832. The block, door by door
- 3
6318 Ontario Street
Sunset, 1940
- J E Walker, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
- A Ada Walker, a seamstress at Traer & Dickie 1940
- Herbert E Walker, a tinsmith 1940
Next door in 1940: J Ferguson at 6330. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a clerk, a motorman, a seaman, a seamstress and a tinsmith.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset (2) 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 Walker at 3456 Ontario Street; 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 David Walker there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists John H Walker at 5824 Ontario Street, a seaman at the Union Steamship Company.
J E Walker is listed at 6318 Ontario Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph E Walker there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver, with A Ada Walker, a seamstress at Traer & Dickie, and Herbert E Walker, a tinsmith.
Today
5824 Ontario and 6318 Ontario still have their buildings from before 1946, 5824 Ontario on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3456 Ontario (1996) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Walker D3456 Ontario, p. 122
- Walker David mtrmn BCER3456 Ontario, p. 637
- Walker John H seamn USS5824 Ontario, p. 637
- *Walker J E6318 Ontario, p. 122
- Walker A Ada smstrs Traer & Dickie6318 Ontario, p. 637
- Walker Herbt E tnsmth6318 Ontario, p. 637
- Walker Jos E clk Van City6318 Ontario, 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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
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.