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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Walker at four addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. 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

    234 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • R Walker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Anderson at 224 and J E Bell at 246. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1466 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alice Walker, widow of T W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss H Greggor at 1452 and Mrs R Stockdill at 1476. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1556 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs H A Walker, widow of F A 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wilson at 1540 and Maritime Garage at 1560. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2976 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Walker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Johnston at 2966 and J Pickup at 2986. The block, door by door

What they did

Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 R Walker at 234 West 13th Avenue; 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 Robert Walker there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Alice Walker at 1466 West 13th Avenue, widow of T W.

Mrs H A Walker is listed at 1556 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Hazel A Walker there as the householder, widow of F A. A Walker is listed at 2976 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Walker there as the householder, retired.

Today

234 West 13th, 1556 West 13th and 2976 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1466 West 13th (1961) 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.