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A family name on East Hastings Street, Strathcona, Downtown, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Lees

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Lee at five addresses in 1940, all on East Hastings Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    256 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G Y Lee, proprietor of Teen Jore 1940

    Next door in 1940: Gibbens P C & Co at 254 and Savoy Hotel at 258. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    404 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Foon Lee, a cook 1940
    • Some Lee, in fruit and produce 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Dye Works at 400 and Ying Fong Quong at 406. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    420 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Pearl Lee 1940

    Next door in 1940: Ming Lee Lndy (office) at 418 and J F Gee at 422. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    504 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Lee, proprietor of Model Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: West Coast Trading at 502 and R Hoshino at 508. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    956 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • On Lee, of Loyal Laundry 1940
    • Wing Lee, of Loyal Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: M R Dennis at 932 and Jamieson Constn (yards) at 982. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a proprietor (2), a cook and a fruit and produce. Two of them worked for Loyal Laundry.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (5). 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 Y Lee at 256 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George Y Lee there as the householder, proprietor of Teen Jore. In 1940 the directory lists Foon Lee at 404 East Hastings Street. The 1940 name section lists Foon Lee there as the householder, a cook, with Some Lee, in fruit and produce.

The 1940 name section lists Pearl Lee at 420 East Hastings Street. J Lee is listed at 504 East Hastings Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Jack Lee there as the householder, proprietor of Model Cafe. The 1940 name section lists On Lee at 956 East Hastings Street, of Loyal Laundry, with Wing Lee, of Loyal Laundry.

Today

504 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 420 East Hastings (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 256 East Hastings, 404 East Hastings and 956 East Hastings, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

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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.