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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Lewises

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Lewis at five addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue. 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 Lewises at 1055 West 12th in 1940. 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

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

    546 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Edward A Lewis, a delivery at McKeown & Wilson Drugs 1940

    Next door in 1940: D J Armstrong at 540 and W Eaton at 548. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1055 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • D O Lewis, a consulting engineer 1940
    • Gwynneth K Lewis, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library 1940
    • Margaret L Lewis, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Howey at 1047 and Miss E Dove at 1065. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1190 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • B H Lewis, a salesman at National Machinery 1940
    • Mrs M Lewis 1940
    • Frank H Lewis 1940

    Next door in 1940: randolph apartments at 1176. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1546 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H D Lewis 1940

    Next door in 1940: redlands apts at 1536 and casablanca apts at 1556. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2965 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs A M Lewis, widow of T B 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Greenall at 2955 and M G Gilroy at 2975. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an assistant, a consulting engineer, a delivery, a salesman and a school teacher. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4) and Kitsilano. 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 Edward A Lewis at 546 West 12th Avenue, a delivery at McKeown & Wilson Drugs. D O Lewis is listed at 1055 West 12th 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). The 1940 name section lists David O Lewis there as the householder, a consulting engineer, with Gwynneth K Lewis, an assistant at the Vancouver Public Library, and Margaret L Lewis, a school teacher.

Mrs M Lewis is listed at 1190 West 12th Avenue in 1940. In 1940 the listing there is B H Lewis. The 1940 name section lists Burton H Lewis there as the householder, a salesman at National Machinery, with Mrs Margaret Lewis and Frank H Lewis.

In 1940 the directory lists H D Lewis at 1546 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold D Lewis there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Lewis at 2965 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alice M Lewis there as the householder, widow of T B.

Today

1190 West 12th and 1546 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1055 West 12th (1956) and 2965 West 12th (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 546 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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 Lewises

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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.