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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eaveses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Eaves 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 Eaveses 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

    3285 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J W Eaves, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Church at 3273. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1757 East 14th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E W Eaves, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Drummond at 1743 and W G Bremner at 1759. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3070 East 27th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J Eaves, an engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Cooke at 3064 and J Cades at 3076. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1833 Parker Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Hal A Eaves, an artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: L C Blakey at 1831 and Mrs E G Blake at 1839. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5775 Victoria Drive

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • J Eaves 1940

    Next door in 1940: F W Slater at 5773 and F Tautz at 5785. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an artist, an engineer, a laborer and a painter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Renfrew-Collingwood and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 W Eaves at 3285 Adanac Street; 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 John W Eaves there as the householder, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists E W Eaves at 1757 East 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward W Eaves there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists J Eaves at 3070 East 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Eaves there as the householder, an engineer. The 1940 name section lists Hal A Eaves at 1833 Parker Street, an artist. J Eaves is listed at 5775 Victoria Drive in 1940.

Today

3285 Adanac, 1757 East 14th and 3070 East 27th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1833 Parker and 5775 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.