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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bevans

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Bevan at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Bevans 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

    3908 Fraser Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • B Bevan, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Long at 3912. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1235 Hornby Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Jennie Bevan, a housekeeper at the Bon Accord Rooms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Skinner-Atkins at 1233 and W R Hay at 1243. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1357 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Louis Bevan 1940

    Next door in 1940: K Silverman at 1349. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3415 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C E Bevan, proprietor of Westpoint Meat Market & Delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: C G Robinson at 3405 and Mrs A O Marsh at 3435. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    159 West 4th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J J Bevan, a lumber piler 1940
    • Dennis J Bevan, a sawyer at Empire Box 1940

    Next door in 1940: Reliance Fndy at 149 and Cemco Elec Mfg Co Ltd at 165. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a housekeeper, a lumber piler, a proprietor and a sawyer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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

In 1940 the directory lists B Bevan at 3908 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Barnard Bevan there as the householder, with Bertram Bevan, a student. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jennie Bevan at 1235 Hornby Street, a housekeeper at the Bon Accord Rooms. The 1940 name section lists Louis Bevan at 1357 West 10th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists C E Bevan at 3415 West 18th 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 C Edwin Bevan there as the householder, proprietor of Westpoint Meat Market & Delicatessen. In 1940 the directory lists J J Bevan at 159 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James J Bevan there as the householder, a lumber piler, with James Bevan Jr, a printer, and Dennis J Bevan, a sawyer at Empire Box.

Today

1357 West 10th (1963), 3415 West 18th (2018) and 159 West 4th (1947) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3908 Fraser and 1235 Hornby, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.