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A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Evanses

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Evans at four addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue. 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

    12 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss N D Evans 1940
    • Nellie D Evans, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gordon at 22. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    170 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W H Evans, of Evans Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev A W Ward at 166 and M Martinson at 196. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1676 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J J Evans, an acting fire captain at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Violet L Evans, a department manager at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fairview Gospel Hall at 1666 and A S Stewart at 1678. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3743 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • T H Evans, a carpenter 1940
    • Mrs Cath S Evans, proprietor of Cloverdale Farms 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss J McGregor at 3739 and M A Monson at 3753. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an acting fire captain, a carpenter, a department manager, a proprietor and a school teacher. Two of them worked for Vancouver City.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and West Point Grey. 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 Miss N D Evans at 12 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nellie D Evans there as the householder, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists W H Evans at 170 West 10th Avenue; 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 lists William H Evans there as the householder, of Evans Bros.

In 1940 the directory lists J J Evans at 1676 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John J Evans there as the householder, an acting fire captain at the City of Vancouver, with Violet L Evans, a department manager at Woolworths. In 1940 the directory lists T H Evans at 3743 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Thomas H Evans there as the householder, a carpenter, with Mrs Cath S Evans, proprietor of Cloverdale Farms.

Today

12 West 10th and 170 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1676 West 10th (1955) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3743 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.