A family name on Arbutus Street, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge and Kerrisdale
The Stevenses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Stevens at two addresses in 1940, all on Arbutus Street. 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 74 other streets too, all listed on the Stevens name's own page.
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Where the Stevenses lived
- 1
1460 Arbutus Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Mrs K Stevens, widow of C 1940
- Robin H Stevens, a delivery for Mrs S E Patterson 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J Ward at 1452 and H Quickstad at 1468. The block, door by door
- 2
6705 Arbutus Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Hazel Stevens, a maid for O T Killick 1940
Next door in 1940: W A Rhone at 6713. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a delivery and a maid. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs K Stevens at 1460 Arbutus Street; 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 Kathleen Stevens there as the householder, widow of C, with Robin H Stevens, a delivery for Mrs S E Patterson. The 1940 name section lists Hazel Stevens at 6705 Arbutus Street, a maid for O T Killick.
Today
6705 Arbutus still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 1460 Arbutus (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Stevens Mrs K1460 Arbutus, p. 6
- Stevens Kathleen wid C sten Nootka Pkg1460 Arbutus, p. 585
- Stevens Robin H del Mrs S E Patterson1460 Arbutus, p. 585
- Stevens Hazel maid O T Killick6705 Arbutus, p. 585
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Stevenses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Stevens 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.