A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Stephenses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Stephens at two addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway. 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 52 other streets too, all listed on the Stephens name's own page.
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Where the Stephenses lived
- 1
1135 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G A Stephens, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs D Keyte at 1123 and M J McCann at 1151. The block, door by door
- 2
1560 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- Mrs Evelyn Stephens, a laundress at Star Laundry 1940
- Frederick Stephens, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: B C Fluff Rug at 1556 and Maypole Barber Shop at 1588. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a laundress and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2). 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 G A Stephens at 1135 Kingsway; 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 George A Stephens there as the householder, retired. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Evelyn Stephens at 1560 Kingsway, a laundress at Star Laundry, with Frederick Stephens, a salesman.
Today
The City no longer lists 1135 Kingsway and 1560 Kingsway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Stephens G A1135 Kingsway, p. 98
- Stephens Geo A retired1135 Kingsway, p. 584
- Stephens Mrs Evelyn lndrs Star Lndy1560 Kingsway, p. 584
- Stephens Fredk slsmn1560 Kingsway, p. 584
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Stephenses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Stephens 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.
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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.