A family name on William Street, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise
The Lewises
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Lewis at two addresses in 1940, all on William Street. 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Lewises lived
- 1
1637 William Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Thomas J Lewis, a sectionman at the National Harbours Board 1940
Next door in 1940: J Costanzo at 1629 and A F Barker at 1641. The block, door by door
- 2
2715 William Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Lewis (no first name printed) 1940
- Howard D Lewis, of Lewis & Bates 1940
Next door in 1940: F Scoble at 2709 and J M Hardcastle at 2721. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a sectionman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 J Lewis at 1637 William Street, a sectionman at the National Harbours Board. Lewis (no first name printed) is listed at 2715 William Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Howard D Lewis there as the householder, of Lewis & Bates.
Today
2715 William (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1637 William, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Lewis Thos J sectmn NHB1637 William, p. 348
- Lewis —2715 William, p. 168
- Lewis Howard D of Lewis & Bates2715 William, 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.
We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.
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.