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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stannerses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Stanners at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Stannerses 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

    147 East 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A C Stanners 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Hasselfield at 145 and H Chase at 151. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    446 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J C Stanners, a cook at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Mortimer at 444 and W K Cowderoy at 448. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7206 Ontario Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • A Stanners, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Norman at 7290. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a cook and a gardener.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant, Riley Park and Sunset. 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 A C Stanners at 147 East 10th Avenue. J C Stanners is listed at 446 East 17th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John C Stanners there as the householder, a cook at the CNR.

A Stanners is listed at 7206 Ontario Street 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 Alex Stanners there as the householder, a gardener.

Today

446 East 17th (1964) and 7206 Ontario (1976) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 147 East 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Stannerses

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.