A family name on Pendrell Street, West End
The Stevenses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Stevens at two addresses in 1940, all on Pendrell 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Stevenses lived
- 1
1129 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- J Stevens 1940
Next door in 1940: J S Stewart at 1127 and R Harrison at 1131. The block, door by door
- 2
1445 Pendrell Street
West End, 1940
- William Stevens 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M G Erskine at 1435. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (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 J Stevens at 1129 Pendrell Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James Stevens there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists William Stevens at 1445 Pendrell Street.
Today
1129 Pendrell still has its building from before 1946, dated 1901 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1445 Pendrell (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Stevens J1129 Pendrell, p. 132
- Stevens Jas1129 Pendrell, p. 585
- Stevens Wm1445 Pendrell, 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.