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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Walkers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Walker at five addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Walkers at 4473 West 8th in 1940. 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

    816 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Charles Walker, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Molyneux at 804 and H Cade at 824. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1101 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Amy Walker, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Cravetto at 1125. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1337 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • M G Walker, a machinist at the Vancouver Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Gard at 1333 and H J Wheeler at 1345. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3233 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F E Walker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Swanson at 3223 and H Graham at 3255. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4473 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R J Walker, retired 1940
    • Josephine G E Walker, a student 1940
    • Phyllis M Walker, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: E N Harvie at 4469 and R P Booke at 4491. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the seven: a machinist. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Kitsilano 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Charles Walker at 816 West 8th Avenue, retired. The 1940 name section lists Amy Walker at 1101 West 8th Avenue, a widow. In 1940 the directory lists M G Walker at 1337 West 8th 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 lists Michael G Walker there as the householder, a machinist at the Vancouver Engineering Works.

In 1940 the directory lists F E Walker at 3233 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frederick E Walker there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists R J Walker at 4473 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Robert J Walker there as the householder, retired, with Josephine G E Walker, a student, and Phyllis M Walker, a student at UBC.

Today

1101 West 8th (1985) and 3233 West 8th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 816 West 8th, 1337 West 8th and 4473 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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

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.