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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Ovenses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Ovens at seven addresses in 1940 in five of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Ovenses at 8 East 20th in 1940.

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Where the Ovenses 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

    230 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • B C Ovens 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Davies at 228 and Timms A H Ltd at 234. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8 East 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J S Ovens, an engineer 1940
    • Byron S Ovens, a shingler 1940
    • Carmen J Ovens, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: P F Kidd at 18. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3410 East 4th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • I R Ovens, a baker 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E H Taylor at 3416. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2811 Wall Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • M A Ovens, a shipper 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Daniels at 2809 and J M White at 2813. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2875 Wall Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C S Ovens, a boomman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M White at 2813 and C Hodgkinson at 2879. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    541 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • I H Ovens, a driver at Monastery Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Littler at 537 and L Handy at 575. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3563 West 28th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C C Ovens, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: E MacDonald at 3555 and Mrs L Goldstone at 3569. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a baker, a boomman, a driver, an engineer, a millworker and a police officer, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (3), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 B C Ovens at 230 East 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Bert C Ovens there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists J S Ovens at 8 East 20th Avenue; 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 John S Ovens there as the householder, an engineer, with Byron S Ovens, a shingler, and Carmen J Ovens, a millworker.

In 1940 the directory lists I R Ovens at 3410 East 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ira R Ovens there as the householder, a baker. In 1940 the directory lists M A Ovens at 2811 Wall Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Murlyn A Ovens there as the householder, a shipper.

In 1940 the directory lists C S Ovens at 2875 Wall Street. The 1940 name section lists Claude S Ovens there as the householder, a boomman. In 1940 the directory lists I H Ovens at 541 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ivan H Ovens there as the householder, a driver at Monastery Laundry.

In 1940 the directory lists C C Ovens at 3563 West 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clinton C Ovens there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver.

Today

8 East 20th, 541 West 13th and 3563 West 28th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3410 East 4th (1979) and 2875 Wall (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 230 East 14th and 2811 Wall, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.