A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Lavans
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lavan at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Lavans lived
- 1
1012 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Bernice L Lavan, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: P J Flynn at 1004 and H A Miller at 1036. The block, door by door
- 2
3350 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A K Lavan, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G Morgan-Dean at 3334 and J Kirk at 3364. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and an operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and West End. 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 Bernice L Lavan at 1012 Broughton Street, an operator at the BC Telephone. A K Lavan is listed at 3350 West 39th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert K Lavan there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.
Today
3350 West 39th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 1012 Broughton (1993) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lavan Bernice L opr BC Tel1012 Broughton, p. 339
- Lavan A K3350 West 39th, p. 256
- Lavan Albt K clk Van City3350 West 39th, p. 339
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Lavans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lavan 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.