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A family name on West Broadway, 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 Broadway. 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

    933 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • N Lewis, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Hudson at 943. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1533 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • S E Lewis, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Holt's Dairy Lunch at 1523 and Sta D Postal at 1535. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1853 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F H Lewis, a chauffeur at Tram Taxi 1940
    • Margaret Lewis, widow of W H 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Freeman at 1847 and Mrs E Fortin at 1863. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1915 West Broadway

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • N Lewis, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Burleigh at 1901 and J Spanier at 1925. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a carpenter, a chauffeur, a laborer and an on active service. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Kitsilano (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 N Lewis at 933 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Norman Lewis there as the householder, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists S E Lewis at 1533 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists S E Lewis there as the householder, on active service.

In 1940 the directory lists F H Lewis at 1853 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Frank H Lewis there as the householder, a chauffeur at Tram Taxi, with Margaret Lewis, widow of W H. In 1940 the directory lists N Lewis at 1915 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Norman Lewis there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

1915 West Broadway still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 933 West Broadway, 1533 West Broadway and 1853 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.