A family name on Burrard Street, Downtown, West End, Fairview and Kitsilano
The Evanses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Evans at three addresses in 1940, all on Burrard Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 110 other streets too, all listed on the Evans name's own page.
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Where the Evanses lived
- 1
552 Burrard Street
Downtown, 1940
- Evans 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Howie at 544 and Horsman E B & Son at 562. The block, door by door
- 2
777 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs E Evans, widow of H W 1940
Next door in 1940: McLean, Rowles & Co hairdrsr's supp at 775 and Irwinton Gro at 779. The block, door by door
- 3
889 Burrard Street
West End, 1940
- F Evans, a carpenter who kept rooms to let 1940
Next door in 1940: L W Faris at 875 and G Summers at 891. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a carpenter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2) and Downtown. 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 Evans at 552 Burrard Street. Mrs E Evans is listed at 777 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Evans there as the householder, widow of H W.
F Evans, rooms to let, is listed at 889 Burrard Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Evans there as the householder, a carpenter who kept rooms to let.
Today
777 Burrard still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 552 Burrard and 889 Burrard, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Evans552 Burrard, p. 187
- Evans Mrs E777 Burrard, p. 22
- Evans Ellen wid H W777 Burrard, p. 187
- Evans F rooms889 Burrard, p. 22
- Evans Frank carp & rooms889 Burrard, p. 187
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Evanses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Evans name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.