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A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

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 West 13th Avenue. 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

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

    355 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Thomas L Lewis, a salesman at Hardy-Lewis Lumber 1940
    • Thomas M Lewis, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss R L Mahrer at 345. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2214 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H C Lewis, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Nairne at 2204 and J Liversidge at 2218. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2226 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W H Lewis, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Liversidge at 2218 and A V Tomlinson at 2246. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3811 West 13th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Christine Lewis, a maid for J S Bebb 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Goring-Allix at 3821. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a longshoreman, a maid, an orderly and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 Thomas L Lewis at 355 West 13th Avenue, a salesman at Hardy-Lewis Lumber, with Thomas M Lewis, retired. H C Lewis is listed at 2214 West 13th 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 Harry C Lewis there as the householder, a longshoreman.

W H Lewis is listed at 2226 West 13th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William H Lewis there as the householder, an orderly at the Vancouver General Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Christine Lewis at 3811 West 13th Avenue, a maid for J S Bebb.

Today

2214 West 13th and 3811 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 355 West 13th and 2226 West 13th, so those buildings are 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.
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.