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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Evas

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Eva at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Evas at 1320 East 26th in 1940.

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Where the Evas 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

    4754 Bruce Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Jane Eva, widow of W H 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Lamb at 4732 and J R Kane at 4774. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1320 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J H Eva, a granite cutter 1940
    • Cecelia R Eva, a saleswoman for H Currie 1940
    • Henry J Eva, an attendant at K D'A Sewell 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Rayment at 1312 and S P Skov at 1332. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1455 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs E Eva, widow of J W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gowen Sutton Co Ltd at 1445 and S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an attendant, a granite cutter and a saleswoman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Fairview. 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 Jane Eva at 4754 Bruce Street, widow of W H. J H Eva is listed at 1320 East 26th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John H Eva there as the householder, a granite cutter, with Cecelia R Eva, a saleswoman for H Currie, and Henry J Eva, an attendant at K D'A Sewell.

Mrs E Eva is listed at 1455 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Eva there as the householder, widow of J W.

Today

1455 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4754 Bruce (1968) and 1320 East 26th (1993) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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 Evas

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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.