A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Evansons
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Evanson at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Evansons at 744 East 24th in 1940.
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Where the Evansons lived
- 1
744 East 24th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- J Evanson, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Dorothy K Evanson, a table worker at National Paper Box 1940
- Norma L Evanson, a stacker at National Paper Box 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E Houghland at 740. The block, door by door
- 2
108 East 3rd Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- N Evanson 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E Buck at 116. The block, door by door
- 3
836 Hamilton Street
Downtown, 1940
- A H Evanson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gordon at 830 and A D Zimmer at 842. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a conductor, a stacker and a table worker. Two of them worked for National Paper Box.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 J Evanson at 744 East 24th 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 Joseph Evanson there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Dorothy K Evanson, a table worker at National Paper Box, and Norma L Evanson, a stacker at National Paper Box. In 1940 the directory lists N Evanson at 108 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Nick Evanson there as the householder.
In 1940 the directory lists A H Evanson at 836 Hamilton Street.
Today
744 East 24th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 108 East 3rd and 836 Hamilton, 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.
- *Evanson J744 East 24th, p. 238
- Evanson Dorothy K table wkr Natl Paper Box744 East 24th, p. 188
- Evanson Jos cond BCER744 East 24th, p. 188
- Evanson Norma L stacker Natl Paper Box744 East 24th, p. 188
- Evanson N108 East 3rd, p. 177
- Evanson Nick108 East 3rd, p. 188
- Evanson A H836 Hamilton, p. 70
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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.