A family name on Cotton Drive, Grandview-Woodland
The Lewises
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Lewis at two addresses in 1940, all on Cotton Drive. 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 99 other streets too, all listed on the Lewis name's own page.
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Where the Lewises lived
- 1
1322 Cotton Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs D E Lewis, widow of J W 1940
Next door in 1940: T Aaroe at 1316 and A Yarco at 1330. The block, door by door
- 2
1346 Cotton Drive
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs L Lewis, widow of W L 1940
Next door in 1940: A Yarco at 1330. The block, door by door
What they did
Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (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
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs D E Lewis at 1322 Cotton 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 Daisy E Lewis there as the householder, widow of J W. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L Lewis at 1346 Cotton Drive. The 1940 name section lists Lillian Lewis there as the householder, widow of W L.
Today
1322 Cotton Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1346 Cotton Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Lewis Mrs D E1322 Cotton Drive, p. 38
- Lewis Daisy E wid J W1322 Cotton Drive, p. 347
- Lewis Mrs L1346 Cotton Drive, p. 38
- Lewis Lillian wid W L1346 Cotton Drive, p. 347
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Lewises
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lewis 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.