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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Walker at five addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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

    1134 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • William E Walker, proprietor of Silver Leaf Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Denewood Apts at 1136. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1345 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • J Walker, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C F at 1343 and J F Kemp at 1361. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1533 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Jean T Walker, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: J V Reddon at 1517 and A P McEwan at 1535. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1843 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Margaret R Walker, widow of R 1940
    • Olga Walker, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Brown at 1831 and R L Hughes at 1849. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1973 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Edith M Walker, a stenographer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S C Robertson at 1951. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a stenographer (2), a proprietor and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (5). 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 William E Walker at 1134 Robson Street, proprietor of Silver Leaf Confectionery. J Walker, rooms to let, is listed at 1345 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jean T Walker at 1533 Robson Street, a saleswoman at Spencer's. The 1940 name section lists Margaret R Walker at 1843 Robson Street, widow of R, with Olga Walker, a stenographer.

The 1940 name section lists Edith M Walker at 1973 Robson Street, a stenographer at the BC Government.

Today

The City no longer lists 1134 Robson, 1345 Robson, 1533 Robson, 1843 Robson and 1973 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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

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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.