A family name on East 3rd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise
The Lawsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lawson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 3rd Avenue. 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 48 other streets too, all listed on the Lawson name's own page.
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Where the Lawsons lived
- 1
1354 East 3rd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- R A Lawson, a salesman at Bearing Supplies House 1940
Next door in 1940: R D McGregor at 1360. The block, door by door
- 2
1957 East 3rd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- G W Lawson, a lumberman 1940
Next door in 1940: P Valente at 1947. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a lumberman and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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 R A Lawson at 1354 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert A Lawson there as the householder, a salesman at Bearing Supplies House. In 1940 the directory lists G W Lawson at 1957 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George W Lawson there as the householder, a lumberman.
Today
1957 East 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1354 East 3rd, so that building is 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.
- Lawson R A1354 East 3rd, p. 177
- Lawson Robt A slsmn Bearing Supp House1354 East 3rd, p. 340
- Lawson G W1957 East 3rd, p. 178
- Lawson Geo W lbrmn1957 East 3rd, p. 340
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lawsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lawson 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.