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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Evanses

In the city directories 1940 · ten people at four addresses

The directories print ten people named Evans at four addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Evanses at 1925 West 14th 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

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

    334 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Margaret Evans 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Wilby at 324 and Miss E Atkins at 344. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    776 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • S J Evans, a district passenger agent at Union Pacific Stages 1940
    • Leyton S Evans, an engineer 1940
    • Rhoda A Evans, a bookkeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: O W Brown at 766. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1925 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J A Evans, a clerk at the Post Office 1940
    • Agnes J Evans, of Jolly Roger 1940
    • Hilda Evans 1940
    • John V Evans, a clerk at the CPR 1940
    • Mary J Evans, a waitress for Jolly Roger 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Green at 1915 and C W Johnson at 1935. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4129 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Rev J Evans, a minister at the West Point Grey Presbyterian Church 1940

    Next door in 1940: J D Whittaker at 4121 and J Kerr at 4137. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the ten: a clerk (2), a bookkeeper, a district passenger agent, an engineer, a minister and a waitress. Two of them worked for Jolly Roger.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Margaret Evans at 334 West 14th Avenue. S J Evans is listed at 776 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Stan J Evans there as the householder, a district passenger agent at Union Pacific Stages, with Leyton S Evans, an engineer, and Rhoda A Evans, a bookkeeper.

J A Evans is listed at 1925 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Evans there as the householder, a clerk at the Post Office, with Agnes J Evans, of Jolly Roger, Hilda Evans, John V Evans, a clerk at the CPR, and Mary J Evans, a waitress for Jolly Roger. Rev J Evans is listed at 4129 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rev James Evans there as the householder, a minister at the West Point Grey Presbyterian Church.

Today

334 West 14th and 1925 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 334 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4129 West 14th (2008) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 776 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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 Evanses

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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.