A family name on West 21st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 21st 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
115 West 21st Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Nora M Lee, a stenographer 1940
- Walter Lee, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J K Eagan at 107 and C H Burns at 121. The block, door by door
- 2
3925 West 21st Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- F W W Lee, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs A M McQuarrie at 3919 and A P Campbell at 3933. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 Nora M Lee at 115 West 21st Avenue, a stenographer, with Walter Lee, a student. F W W Lee is listed at 3925 West 21st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W W Lee there as the householder, retired.
Today
115 West 21st and 3925 West 21st still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lee Nora M sten115 West 21st, p. 343
- Lee Walter studt115 West 21st, p. 343
- Lee F W W3925 West 21st, p. 233
- Lee Fredk W W retired3925 West 21st, 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.
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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.