A family name on East 17th Avenue, Riley Park, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Evanses
In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses
The directories print six people named Evans at two addresses in 1940, all on East 17th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Evanses at 1243 East 17th in 1940. 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
423 East 17th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- D J Evans, a painter 1940
- John T Evans, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A F Anderson at 417 and F C Leverett at 441. The block, door by door
- 2
1243 East 17th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs E Evans, widow of H 1940
- Alice Evans 1940
- Dorothy Evans, a labeller at Canadian Canners 1940
- Leonard R Evans, a stkeeper at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940
Next door in 1940: J D Armour at 1237 and Mrs Howson at 1247. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a painter (2), a labeller and a stkeeper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 D J Evans at 423 East 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David J Evans there as the householder, a painter, with John T Evans, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E Evans at 1243 East 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ellen Evans there as the householder, widow of H, with Alice Evans, Dorothy Evans, a labeller at Canadian Canners, and Leonard R Evans, a stkeeper at Canadian Pacific Steamships.
Today
1243 East 17th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 423 East 17th (1972) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Evans D J423 East 17th, p. 224
- Evans David J pntr423 East 17th, p. 187
- Evans John T pntr423 East 17th, p. 187
- Evans Mrs E1243 East 17th, p. 224
- Evans Alice1243 East 17th, p. 187
- Evans Dorothy labeller Can Canners1243 East 17th, p. 187
- Evans Ellen wid H1243 East 17th, p. 187
- Evans Leonard R stkpr CPSS1243 East 17th, p. 187
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.