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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lears

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Lear at five 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.

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Where the Lears 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

    419 East 37th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • B Lear, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Granger at 423. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1319 East 37th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H Lear, a shipwright at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
    • Eva Lear 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S C McGuire at 1325. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5008 Hoy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W F Lear, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Edstrom at 5002 and C E Lear at 5016. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5016 Hoy Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • C E Lear, a freight hand at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Lear at 5008 and J J Gray at 5034. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2631 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H F Lear, a clerk at Union Oil 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gilker at 2619 and Mrs E G Siborne at 2643. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a carpenter (2), a clerk, a freight hand and a shipwright.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano and Riley Park. 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 B Lear at 419 East 37th 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 Benjamin Lear there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists H Lear at 1319 East 37th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Henry Lear there as the householder, a shipwright at the Burrard Dry Dock, with Eva Lear.

In 1940 the directory lists W F Lear at 5008 Hoy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William F Lear there as the householder, a carpenter. In 1940 the directory lists C E Lear at 5016 Hoy Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Lear there as the householder, a freight hand at the CPR.

In 1940 the directory lists H F Lear at 2631 West 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Horace F Lear there as the householder, a clerk at Union Oil.

Today

419 East 37th, 1319 East 37th and 2631 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5008 Hoy (1973) and 5016 Hoy (2004) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Lears

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.