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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stevenses

In the city directories 1940 · 94 addresses on 75 streets

The directories print the Stevens name at 94 addresses on 75 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Stevenses lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano18 addresses
  2. West End10 addresses
  3. Downtown7 addresses
  4. Fairview7 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  6. Shaughnessy6 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  8. Riley Park5 addresses
  9. West Point Grey5 addresses
  10. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  11. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  12. Sunset4 addresses
  13. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  14. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  15. South Cambie3 addresses
  16. Strathcona2 addresses
  17. Killarney1 address
  18. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 5th AvenueFour addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: C V Stevens, H B Stevens and H T Stevens, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 19th AvenueThree addresses in South Cambie and Shaughnessy; six people: Hon H H Stevens, Mrs E Stevens and Edna Stevens, and three more
    1940
  3. 3
    Arbutus StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano and Kerrisdale; three people: Mrs K Stevens, Hazel Stevens and Robin H Stevens
    1940
  4. 4
    Cassiar StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; four people: F W Stevens, R R Stevens and Frederick H Stevens, and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Shaughnessy; two people: Alice Stevens and H Stevens
    1940
  6. 6
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: George H Stevens and William Stevens
    1940
  7. 7
    Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: J Stevens and William Stevens
    1940
  8. 8
    Prince Edward StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; two people: Mrs D Stevens and Mrs Flora M Stevens
    1940
  9. 9
    Stephens StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: Mrs A Stevens and Wilmar D Stevens
    1940
  10. 10
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J Stevens and Loretta N Stevens
    1940
  11. 11
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: B Stevens, O Stevens and Gladys E Stevens, and one more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; two people: T Stevens and Alice A Stevens
    1940

63 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Comox Street (1), Creelman Avenue (1), Davie Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elliott Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Grant Street (1), Haro Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Larch Street (1), Main Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Ross Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Thurlow Street (1), Vine Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 45th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 94 addresses, 34 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 25 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 33; each street's page names them.

The book of the Stevenses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under S. Want a name removed? Tell us.