A family name on Oxford Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Walker at two addresses in 1940, all on Oxford Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
2561 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- T Walker, an engineer at the Dawson Building 1940
Next door in 1940: W T Tyldesley at 2559 and G H Turner at 2563. The block, door by door
- 2
2858 Oxford Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Walker, a hand janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Athey Jr at 2842 and J Thomson at 2874. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an engineer and a hand janitor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 T Walker at 2561 Oxford Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Walker there as the householder, an engineer at the Dawson Building. In 1940 the directory lists A Walker at 2858 Oxford Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex Walker there as the householder, a hand janitor at the City of Vancouver.
Today
2561 Oxford still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2858 Oxford, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Walker T2561 Oxford, p. 124
- Walker Thos eng Dawson Bldg2561 Oxford, p. 638
- Walker A2858 Oxford, p. 124
- Walker Alex hd jntr Van City2858 Oxford, 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.