A family name on Nelson Street, West End and Downtown
The Lewises
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Lewis at four addresses in 1940, all on Nelson Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
411 Nelson Street
Downtown, 1940
- Lloyd B Lewis, a driver 1940
Next door in 1940: J Savage at 407 and J Duff at 415. The block, door by door
- 2
1021 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Cath M Lewis, a milliner 1940
- Mary K Lewis, widow of D L 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N S Switzer at 1017 and M C O'Brien at 1025. The block, door by door
- 3
1132 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- George Lewis, a mate 1940
Next door in 1940: E W Morrison at 1130 and Minaki Lodge at 1138. The block, door by door
- 4
1542 Nelson Street
West End, 1940
- Frederick H C Lewis, a watchman at Boultbee 1940
Next door in 1940: E S Hicks at 1526 and Mrs J R Hardie at 1546. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a driver, a mate, a milliner and a watchman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (3) and Downtown. 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 Lloyd B Lewis at 411 Nelson Street, a driver. The 1940 name section lists Cath M Lewis at 1021 Nelson Street, a milliner, with Mary K Lewis, widow of D L. The 1940 name section lists George Lewis at 1132 Nelson Street, a mate. The 1940 name section lists Frederick H C Lewis at 1542 Nelson Street, a watchman at Boultbee.
Today
The City no longer lists 411 Nelson, 1021 Nelson, 1132 Nelson and 1542 Nelson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lewis Lloyd B drvr411 Nelson, p. 347
- Lewis Cath M mlnr1021 Nelson, p. 347
- Lewis Mary K wid D L slswm Millinery World1021 Nelson, p. 347
- Lewis Geo mate1132 Nelson, p. 347
- Lewis Fredk H C wtchmn Boultbee1542 Nelson, p. 347
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.