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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Levins

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Levin at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Levine. 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 Levins 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

    475 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • N C Levin, a barrister 1940

    Next door in 1940: Macaulay Nicolls Maitland & Co Ltd at 435. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2908 Oak Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • N C Levin 1940

    Next door in 1940: athol apts at 2970. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1535 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Sally Levin 1940

    Next door in 1940: adelaide court at 1545. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1449 West 41st Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • M Levine 1940
    • Julius Levine 1940

    Next door in 1940: E M Akerly at 1437 and J Fraser at 1459. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    606 West 52nd Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • C Levin 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Campbell at 636. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Downtown, Oakridge 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

In 1940 the directory lists N C Levin, a barrister, at 475 Howe Street. N C Levin is listed at 2908 Oak Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sally Levin at 1535 West 14th Avenue.

M Levine is listed at 1449 West 41st Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Max Levine there as the householder, with Julius Levine. C Levin is listed at 606 West 52nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark).

Today

475 Howe, 2908 Oak, 1535 West 14th and 1449 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946, 1535 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 606 West 52nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Levins

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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.