A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Lees
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lee at two addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Lees lived
- 1
36 West 12th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Florence Lee, a waitress at BC Sugar 1940
Next door in 1940: A Fordyce at 20 and W J Fisher at 46. The block, door by door
- 2
2266 West 12th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs Mae Lee 1940
Next door in 1940: J W Paget at 2256 and G Hatchwell at 2276. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a waitress.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Florence Lee at 36 West 12th Avenue, a waitress at BC Sugar. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Mae Lee at 2266 West 12th Avenue.
Today
The City no longer lists 36 West 12th and 2266 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lee Florence waitress BC Sugar36 West 12th, p. 342
- Lee Mrs Mae2266 West 12th, p. 342
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
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.