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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stearmans

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at eight addresses

The directories print eight people named Stearman at eight 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.

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Where the Stearmans 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

    7538 Angus Drive

    Marpole, 1940

    • J S Stearman, a president at J Stearman Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Laverock at 7512. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    709 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • D W Stearman, a dispatcher at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cosmetics Godissarts at 705 and Miss M K Brown at 711. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1023 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W C Stearman, in hardware 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sansan Floor Co at 1019 and Royal Hotel at 1025. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3451 Pine Crescent

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs M S Stearman 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Monk at 3403. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3696 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G W H Stearman, in drugs 1940
  6. 6

    4506 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F C Stearman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev T J Wray at 4502 and C J Youds at 4510. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3650 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G W H Stearman, in drugs 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Jones at 3646 and A Davidson at 3654. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    837 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William C Stearman, in hardware 1940

    Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a dispatcher, a drugs, a hardware and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Kitsilano (2), Marpole, Shaughnessy and West Point Grey. 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 J S Stearman at 7538 Angus Drive; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John S Stearman there as the householder, a president at J Stearman Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists D W Stearman at 709 Dunsmuir Street. The 1940 name section lists Daniel W Stearman there as the householder, a dispatcher at the BC Electric Railway.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Stearman, in hardware, at 1023 Granville Street. Mrs M S Stearman is listed at 3451 Pine Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. In 1940 the directory lists G W H Stearman, in drugs, at 3696 West 4th Avenue.

F C Stearman is listed at 4506 West 4th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick C Stearman there as the householder, retired. G W H Stearman is listed at 3650 West 5th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists G W Hobart Stearman there as the householder, in drugs.

The 1940 name section lists William C Stearman at 837 West Hastings Street, in hardware.

Today

7538 Angus Drive and 4506 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3650 West 5th (1988) and 837 West Hastings (1998) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 709 Dunsmuir, 1023 Granville, 3451 Pine Crescent and 3696 West 4th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 7538 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 7500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.