A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 7th 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
60 West 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- W S Evans, who ran a restaurant 1940
Next door in 1940: G T Calvert at 54 and Mrs C Dewsbury at 70. The block, door by door
- 2
2186 West 7th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Walter Evans, proprietor of the Acme Wire Works 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Asson at 2182. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a proprietor and a restaurant.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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 W S Evans at 60 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William S Evans there as the householder, who ran a restaurant. The 1940 name section lists Walter Evans at 2186 West 7th Avenue, proprietor of the Acme Wire Works.
Today
60 West 7th (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2186 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Evans W S60 West 7th, p. 191
- Evans Wm S restr 2211 S Cambie60 West 7th, p. 188
- Evans Walter prop Acme Wire Wks2186 West 7th, 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.