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A family name on Kitchener Street, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise

The Lees

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Lee at three addresses in 1940, all on Kitchener Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Lees at 1576 Kitchener in 1940. 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

    1576 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • K Lee, an interpreter at Kam Yen Jan Co 1940
    • Phyllis S Lee 1940
    • Ruth Lee, a student 1940
    • Thung Lee 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Knight at 1570. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1674 Kitchener Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Lee, proprietor of Lee Hop Bros 1940
    • Chee Lee 1940

    Next door in 1940: R A Cowan at 1648. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2672 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W D Lee, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Procter at 2670 and Mrs M E Stainforth at 2674. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a fireman, an interpreter and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 K Lee at 1576 Kitchener Street; 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 Kepment Lee there as the householder, an interpreter at Kam Yen Jan Co, with Phyllis S Lee, Ruth Lee, a student, and Thung Lee. In 1940 the directory lists J Lee at 1674 Kitchener Street. The 1940 name section lists Joe Lee there as the householder, proprietor of Lee Hop Bros, with Chee Lee.

In 1940 the directory lists W D Lee at 2672 Kitchener Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter D Lee there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1576 Kitchener still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 2672 Kitchener (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1674 Kitchener, so that building is 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.