A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Walker at two addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. 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
28 West 10th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- P N W Walker, on active service 1940
Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22 and A J Whitney at 30. The block, door by door
- 2
4534 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Miss R Walker 1940
- Rebecca Walker, a domestic 1940
Next door in 1940: R R Rae at 4520 and A Kitchen at 4540. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a domestic and an on active service.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 P N W Walker at 28 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Percy N W Walker there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists Miss R Walker at 4534 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Rebecca Walker there as the householder, a domestic.
Today
28 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4534 West 10th, 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 P N W28 West 10th, p. 198
- Walker Percy N W act serv28 West 10th, p. 638
- Walker Miss R4534 West 10th, p. 201
- Walker Rebecca dom4534 West 10th, p. 638
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.