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A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Evanses

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Evans at six addresses in 1940, all on West 8th 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

    14 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Thomas Evans, a watchman at Hamilton Bridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Gardiner at 4 and Mrs S Gould at 22. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    139 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • E Evans 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lemon at 137 and J MacFadyen at 149. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1140 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Arthur Evans 1940

    Next door in 1940: L L Brown at 1110. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1330 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T E Evans, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Nicoll at 1300 and Rev S Aikenhead at 1344. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1495 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William J Evans, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: creswell apts at 1455 and Mrs E Bailey at 1499. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1960 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G Ray Evans, an apprentice at Empire Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Porter at 1956 and Miss D Kilgour at 1964. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a carpenter (2), an apprentice and a watchman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3), Mount Pleasant (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Thomas Evans at 14 West 8th Avenue, a watchman at Hamilton Bridge. E Evans is listed at 139 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Evans at 1140 West 8th Avenue.

T E Evans is listed at 1330 West 8th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas E Evans there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists William J Evans at 1495 West 8th Avenue, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists G Ray Evans at 1960 West 8th Avenue, an apprentice at Empire Manufacturing.

Today

1140 West 8th (1991) and 1330 West 8th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 14 West 8th, 139 West 8th, 1495 West 8th and 1960 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

Every directory, as one book

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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.