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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Walker at five addresses in 1940, all on West 7th 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

    75 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Alex Walker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Wendt at 65. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1034 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Frederick Walker, an engineer at J Chew Shingle 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Cosh at 1026 and A C Makepeace at 1040. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1173 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Ivan E Walker, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Bell at 1167 and Mrs D J Crosby at 1179. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1331 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A Walker, widow of J 1940
    • Ron Walker, who worked for Monarch Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Saunders at 1325 and J Riach at 1335. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1420 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Elizabeth Walker, a stenographer at MacInnes & Arnold 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Holbrook at 1418 and Mrs M E Scott at 1444. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a clerk, an engineer and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4) 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex Walker at 75 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Walker at 1034 West 7th Avenue, an engineer at J Chew Shingle. The 1940 name section lists Ivan E Walker at 1173 West 7th Avenue, a clerk.

Mrs A Walker is listed at 1331 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alberta Walker there as the householder, widow of J, with Ron Walker, who worked for Monarch Furniture. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Walker at 1420 West 7th Avenue, a stenographer at MacInnes & Arnold.

Today

The City no longer lists 75 West 7th, 1034 West 7th, 1173 West 7th, 1331 West 7th and 1420 West 7th, so those buildings are 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, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.