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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Levis

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Levi at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Levis at 4051 Marguerite in 1940.

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Where the Levis 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

    58 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs Rachel Levi, of Aloha Hat Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: V R Timms at 54 and D Blevins at 64. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2602 Main Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • David Levi, a manager at Wosk Ranges 1940

    Next door in 1940: Copp The Shoe Man at 2606. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4051 Marguerite Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • S Levi 1940
    • Harry Levi, a student 1940
    • Manuel Levi, a student 1940
  4. 4

    905 West 16th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Alex Levi, retired 1940
    • Dora Levi, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Attree at 911. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 Mrs Rachel Levi at 58 East 6th Avenue, of Aloha Hat Shop. The 1940 name section lists David Levi at 2602 Main Street, a manager at Wosk Ranges. In 1940 the directory lists S Levi at 4051 Marguerite 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 Sam Levi there as the householder, with Harry Levi, a student, and Manuel Levi, a student.

The 1940 name section lists Alex Levi at 905 West 16th Avenue, retired, with Dora Levi, widow of A.

Today

4051 Marguerite still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 905 West 16th (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 58 East 6th and 2602 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A shingled house with a For Sale sign at 6385 Marguerite Street
4 November 1931 A shingled house with a For Sale sign at 6385 Marguerite Street. Not at the house at 4051 Marguerite: no archive photo of the 4000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-4092. Public domain.

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Levis

Every directory, as one book

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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.