A family name on West Georgia Street, Downtown and West End
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 Georgia Street. 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
403 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- Mrs A C Evans, widow of C 1940
Next door in 1940: J Berger at 409. The block, door by door
- 2
849 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- W F Evans, a president at Devonshire Ltd 1940
Next door in 1940: georgia hotel at 801. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2). 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 Mrs A C Evans at 403 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alice C Evans there as the householder, widow of C. In 1940 the directory lists W F Evans at 849 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter F Evans there as the householder, a president at Devonshire Ltd.
Today
The City no longer lists 403 West Georgia and 849 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Evans Mrs A C403 West Georgia, p. 56
- Evans Alice C wid C403 West Georgia, p. 187
- Evans W F849 West Georgia, p. 57
- Evans Walter F pres Devonshire Ltd849 West Georgia, 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.