A family name on East 37th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Lees
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Lee at two addresses in 1940, all on East 37th 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 105 other streets too, all listed on the Lee name's own page.
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Where the Lees lived
- 1
958 East 37th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- C O Lee, a fuel dealer 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Muskett at 950 and J Lipp at 966. The block, door by door
- 2
1396 East 37th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- W A Lee, a car inspector 1940
- Nancy Lee, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: W H T Shephard at 1386. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a car inspector, a fuel dealer and a saleswoman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (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 C O Lee, in fuel, at 958 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 Charles O Lee there as the householder, a fuel dealer. In 1940 the directory lists W A Lee at 1396 East 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W Alfred Lee there as the householder, a car inspector, with Nancy Lee, a saleswoman at Spencer's.
Today
958 East 37th (2013) and 1396 East 37th (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Lee C O fuel958 East 37th, p. 253
- Lee Chas O fuel dlr958 East 37th, p. 342
- *Lee W A1396 East 37th, p. 253
- Lee Nancy slswm Spencers1396 East 37th, p. 343
- Lee W Alfd car inspr1396 East 37th, p. 343
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lees
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lee 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.