S J Steeves, a building contractor, is the one line the 1940 street section prints at 2836 Birch Street, and no line in the name section matches it. Its name section lists two more people here: Jeanne E Steeves, a stenographer at the BC Government; and Margaret R Steeves, a school teacher at Richmond Municipality. It lists four more people here under other surnames too.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- S J Steevesbuilding contractor · marked *p. 13
Also under the Steeves name
- Jeanne E Steevesa stenographer at the BC Government · lives herep. 583
- Margaret R Steevesa school teacher at Richmond Municipality · lives herep. 583
Also at this address
- Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Birch Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
BIRCH
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 2836 Birch Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); no building from before 1946 is left on the 2800 block of Birch Street; next door, 2838 has one the City dates to 1998. A permit to build a frame building at 2834–2836 Birch was taken out in April 1910 by S J Steves, owner and builder: $4,000; the 1940 directory lists the Steeves name here.
The 2800 block in 1940
Birch Street between West 12th and West 13th Avenues, Fairview: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
Birch Street, the 2800 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
West side, odd numbers
No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
East side, even numbers
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2836 Birch Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2836-birch, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.