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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lewendons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses

The directories print four people named Lewendon at two addresses in 1940 in Riley Park. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Lewendons at 466 East 37th in 1940.

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Where the Lewendons 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

    390 East 23rd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Robert E Lewendon, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Cox at 380. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    466 East 37th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • N R Lewendon, a salesman 1940
    • Eugene N Lewendon, a painter 1940
    • Russell H Lewendon 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Tute at 462 and R H Fandrey at 470. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an on active service, a painter and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2). 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 Robert E Lewendon at 390 East 23rd Avenue, on active service. N R Lewendon is listed at 466 East 37th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman R Lewendon there as the householder, a salesman, with Eugene N Lewendon, a painter, and Russell H Lewendon.

Today

390 East 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 466 East 37th (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Lewendons

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Lewendon 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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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.