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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Evoys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Evoy at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Evoys at 880 Kingsway in 1940.

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Where the Evoys 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

    148 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G Evoy, a lather 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Robinson at 144. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1755 East Hastings Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • N H Evoy, a polisher at W Freeman & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Baldwin at 1747 and Steam Baths Crystal at 1763. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    880 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs C Evoy, widow of W 1940
    • Edward Evoy 1940
    • William Evoy, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Press Keystone at 860. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1956 West 43rd Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H C Evoy, a bookkeeper at Holme's Sheet Metal Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: S J Winsby at 1946 and W E Northrup at 1960. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a bookkeeper, a laborer, a lather and a polisher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale 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 G Evoy at 148 East 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gordon Evoy there as the householder, a lather. In 1940 the directory lists N H Evoy at 1755 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Norman H Evoy there as the householder, a polisher at W Freeman & Son.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Evoy at 880 Kingsway; 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 lists Charlotte Evoy there as the householder, widow of W, with Edward Evoy, and William Evoy, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists H C Evoy at 1956 West 43rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Horace C Evoy there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Holme's Sheet Metal Works.

Today

148 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 1956 West 43rd (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1755 East Hastings and 880 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway
1913 People in open cars gathered for a car rally on Kingsway. Not at the house at 880 Kingsway: no archive photo of the 800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 371-2294. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Evoys

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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.