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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Yorkes

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Yorke at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Yorkes lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    2107 East 37th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Yorke, a draftsman 1940
    • Lionel E Yorke, a janitor 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Paynter at 2195. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1986 East Broadway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C T Yorke, a clerk for G A Roedde 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Esplin at 1942. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    28 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J S Yorke, a police officer at the CPR 1940
    • Thelma M Yorke, a clerk at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: A K Humphrey at 22 and A G Gibault at 34. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    156 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • H L Yorke 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A E Miles at 116 and H Wilkinson at 166. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1179 West 67th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Mrs Alice Yorke 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk (2), a draftsman, a janitor and a police officer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Marpole, Oakridge and Riley Park. 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 J Yorke at 2107 East 37th 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 Joseph Yorke there as the householder, a draftsman, with Lionel E Yorke, a janitor. In 1940 the directory lists C T Yorke at 1986 East Broadway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Cecil T Yorke there as the householder, a clerk for G A Roedde.

In 1940 the directory lists J S Yorke at 28 West 19th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Sid Yorke there as the householder, a police officer at the CPR, with Thelma M Yorke, a clerk at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists H L Yorke at 156 West 52nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Alice Yorke at 1179 West 67th Avenue.

Today

1986 East Broadway, 28 West 19th and 1179 West 67th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1179 West 67th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2107 East 37th and 156 West 52nd, 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, street section

The book of the Yorkes

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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 Y. Want a name removed? Tell us.