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A family name on West 15th 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 15th 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

    161 West 15th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs M C Walker, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: H B Chrishop at 131. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    944 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Clarke D Walker, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M B Sowerby at 942 and T J Hutton at 946. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1089 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M E Walker, widow of W J 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Stewart at 1085. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4038 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J R Walker, a machinist at Letson & Burpee 1940

    Next door in 1940: H W Harper at 4034 and A G Teed at 4048. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an engineer and a machinist. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), 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 Mrs M C Walker at 161 West 15th 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 Margaret C Walker there as the householder, widow of R. The 1940 name section lists Clarke D Walker at 944 West 15th Avenue, an engineer.

Mrs M E Walker is listed at 1089 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Margaret E Walker there as the householder, widow of W J. J R Walker is listed at 4038 West 15th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John R Walker there as the householder, a machinist at Letson & Burpee.

Today

944 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 161 West 15th (1990) and 4038 West 15th (2021) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1089 West 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.