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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Evanses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Evans at four addresses in 1940, all on Granville 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

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

    817 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A R Evans, a president at the Canadian Writers Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Deb Shop at 809 and Can Bank of Commerce at 819. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1025 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H A Evans, a clerk 1940
    • Herbert D N Evans, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Stearman at 1023 and Plaza Hotel at 1029. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2111 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Richard Evans, in real estate and insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Armstrong at 2109 and Turko-Persian Oriental Rug Clng at 2113. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2115 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Evans, in real estate and insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: Turko-Persian Oriental Rug Clng at 2113 and J Sinclair at 2117. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk (2), a president and a real estate and insurance.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Fairview (2). 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 A R Evans at 817 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Allen R Evans there as the householder, a president at the Canadian Writers Service. The 1940 name section lists H A Evans at 1025 Granville Street, a clerk, with Herbert D N Evans, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Richard Evans at 2111 Granville Street as the householder, in real estate and insurance.

In 1940 the directory lists R Evans, in real estate and insurance, at 2115 Granville Street.

Today

1025 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 817 Granville, 2111 Granville and 2115 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shops, parked cars and a few people on the 800 block of Granville Street on a Sunday
1923 Shops, parked cars and a few people on the 800 block of Granville Street on a Sunday. Taken on the 800 block; it doesn't single out the house at 817 Granville. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 677-954. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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.