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A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Walker at five addresses in 1940, all on West 3rd 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

    1927 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R L Walker, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Nellist at 1921 and J T Nicolson at 1933. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2546 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F L Walker 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T Wight at 2544 and A C Roberts at 2556. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3303 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Irene Walker, a maid for A K Cavers 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Currie at 3311. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3316 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L A Walker, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: K P Morrison at 3310 and C R Evans at 3324. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4306 West 3rd Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Ruby Walker, a maid for D H MacCaul 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a maid (2) and an on active service (2).

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4) 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 R L Walker at 1927 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Richard L Walker there as the householder, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists F L Walker at 2546 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick L Walker there as the householder.

The 1940 name section lists Irene Walker at 3303 West 3rd Avenue, a maid for A K Cavers. L A Walker is listed at 3316 West 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Lawrence A Walker there as the householder, on active service. The 1940 name section lists Ruby Walker at 4306 West 3rd Avenue, a maid for D H MacCaul.

Today

2546 West 3rd, 3303 West 3rd and 3316 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 2546 West 3rd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1927 West 3rd and 4306 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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.