A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Evanses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Evans at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
35 West 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A P Evans, a laborer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Hamilton at 31. The block, door by door
- 2
866 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- W H Evans, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C E Hawes at 856 and J M McRobbie at 876. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: an engineer and a laborer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Mount Pleasant. 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 P Evans at 35 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A Patrick Evans there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists W H Evans at 866 West 15th 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, an engineer.
Today
866 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1916 by the City's record; 35 West 15th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Evans A P35 West 15th, p. 219
- Evans A Patk lab35 West 15th, p. 187
- *Evans W H866 West 15th, p. 219
- Evans Wm H eng866 West 15th, p. 188
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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Another name, or a house
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.