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A family name on Quebec Street, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset

The Lees

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Lee at three addresses in 1940, all on Quebec 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

    3556 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Kow Lee 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Bell at 3544. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4539 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs S Lee, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Stewart at 4531 and W P Hogg at 4547. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6472 Quebec Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A C Lee, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss R Fetherston at 6494. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a motorman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Sunset. 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 Kow Lee at 3556 Quebec Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Kow Lee there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S Lee at 4539 Quebec 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 lists Sarah Lee there as the householder, widow of A.

In 1940 the directory lists A C Lee at 6472 Quebec Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Austin C Lee there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

4539 Quebec still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3556 Quebec (1958) and 6472 Quebec (1986) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th
1900 A girl at the dirt crossing of 10th Avenue and Quebec Street, looking east along 10th. Not at the house at 3556 Quebec: no archive photo of the 3500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P273. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Lees

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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.