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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Levetts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Levett at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Leavett. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Levetts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1345 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A L Levett, widow of W 1940
    • Doris M Levett 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Wilson at 1339 and J M C Findlay at 1351. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2521 Venables Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • F I Leavett 1940
    • Ernest F Leavett, a musician 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Bergman at 2515 and R J Wall at 2535. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3127 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W J Levett, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Evans at 3115 and A L Todd at 3137. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a fireman and a musician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland 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 Mrs A L Levett at 1345 Salsbury Drive; 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 Annie L Levett there as the householder, widow of W, with Doris M Levett. In 1940 the directory lists F I Leavett at 2521 Venables Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick I Leavett there as the householder, with Ernest F Leavett, a musician.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Levett at 3127 West 28th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William J Levett there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1345 Salsbury Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2521 Venables (2019) and 3127 West 28th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.