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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Steads

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Stead at eight addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Steads lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    858 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • Lillian Stead, a waitress 1940

    Next door in 1940: H G Isert at 850 and Mrs C Fife at 864. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1081 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Kathleen Stead, a waitress at the St Pauls Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lloyd at 1055. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    956 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • O Stead 1940

    Next door in 1940: Western Feed Co at 946 and Atlantic Junk Co at 958. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2908 Oak Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • G W Stead, an accountant at McKeen & Wilson 1940

    Next door in 1940: athol apts at 2970. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4630 Osler Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • F Stead, an accountant at the Langley Electric 1940
    • Mrs Ethel Stead, a president at the Daughters of the Empire 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Finglass at 4650. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    968 West 20th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • J R Stead, who worked for the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E M Campbell at 962 and G E Tilbe at 974. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3141 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C Stead, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A McKay at 3125 and A Ingle at 3157. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    3803 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W A Stead, an office manager at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Wood at 3815. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: an accountant (2), a waitress (2), a gardener, an office manager and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, South Cambie, Strathcona and West End. 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 Lillian Stead at 858 Burrard Street, a waitress. The 1940 name section lists Kathleen Stead at 1081 Burrard Street, a waitress at the St Pauls Hospital. The 1940 name section lists O Stead at 956 Main Street.

G W Stead is listed at 2908 Oak Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Gordon W Stead there as the householder, an accountant at McKeen & Wilson. F Stead is listed at 4630 Osler Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Stead there as the householder, an accountant at the Langley Electric, with Mrs Ethel Stead, a president at the Daughters of the Empire.

J R Stead is listed at 968 West 20th 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 John R Stead there as the householder, who worked for the CPR. C Stead is listed at 3141 West 39th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clifton Stead there as the householder, a gardener.

W A Stead is listed at 3803 West 39th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilfred A Stead there as the householder, an office manager at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

1081 Burrard, 956 Main, 2908 Oak, 968 West 20th and 3141 West 39th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1081 Burrard on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4630 Osler (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 858 Burrard and 3803 West 39th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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

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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.