A family name on West 26th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Shaughnessy
The Evanses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Evans at one address, 3794 West 26th Avenue in Dunbar-Southlands, 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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The Evanses at home
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3794 West 26th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J Evans, a salesman at Canadian Fishing 1940
- Kath E Evans, a student at UBC 1940
- Margaret A Evans, a student technician at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Fraser at 3782. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Dunbar-Southlands. 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 J Evans at 3794 West 26th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John Evans there as the householder, a salesman at Canadian Fishing, with John H Evans, Kath E Evans, a student at UBC, and Margaret A Evans, a student technician at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Today
3794 West 26th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Evans J3794 West 26th, p. 241
- Evans John slsmn Can Fishing3794 West 26th, p. 187
- Evans John H3794 West 26th, p. 187
- Evans Kath E studt UBC3794 West 26th, p. 187
- Evans Margt A studt techn Van Genl Hosp3794 West 26th, 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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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.