A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Walkers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Walker at four addresses in 1940, all on West 16th 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
- 1
700 West 16th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- John T Walker 1940
Next door in 1940: J T Walker at 706. The block, door by door
- 2
706 West 16th Avenue
South Cambie, 1940
- Mrs G Walker, a confectioner 1940
- J T Walker 1940
Next door in 1940: Marpole Prod Co at 700 and Miss F M Mitchell at 708. The block, door by door
- 3
- 4
4067 West 16th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Thomas C Walker, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: A L Stroyan at 4053. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a confectioner and a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in South Cambie (2), Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 John T Walker at 700 West 16th Avenue as the householder. J T Walker is listed at 706 West 16th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is Mrs G Walker, a confectioner. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Grace Walker there, a confectioner.
The 1940 name section lists Earl Walker at 2286 West 16th Avenue, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Walker at 4067 West 16th Avenue, retired.
Today
2286 West 16th and 4067 West 16th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 700 West 16th and 706 West 16th, 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.
- Walker John T700 West 16th, p. 637
- Walker Mrs G conf706 West 16th, p. 222
- Walker J T706 West 16th, p. 222
- Walker Mrs Grace confr706 West 16th, p. 637
- Walker Earl mlwkr Sterling Lbr2286 West 16th, p. 637
- Walker Thos C retired4067 West 16th, p. 638
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.