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A family name on West 5th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Stevenses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Stevens at four addresses in 1940, all on West 5th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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

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

    2065 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C V Stevens, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: T A Mills at 2057 and W T Drinkhouse at 2075. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2325 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • R W Stevens, a bookkeeper 1940
    • C Herbert Stevens, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Van Gorder at 2323 and Dr A W McCordick at 2335. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2639 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H B Stevens, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W W Anderson at 2635 and C Pawlett at 2645. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4569 West 5th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H T Stevens 1940

    Next door in 1940: J McKinnon at 4561 and J J Makepeace at 4577. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a bookkeeper, a driver and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) 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 C V Stevens at 2065 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clarence V Stevens there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists R W Stevens at 2325 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert W Stevens there as the householder, a bookkeeper, with C Herbert Stevens, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists H B Stevens at 2639 West 5th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Homer B Stevens there as the householder, a driver. In 1940 the directory lists H T Stevens at 4569 West 5th Avenue; 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 lists Henry T Stevens there as the householder.

Today

2639 West 5th and 4569 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2065 West 5th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2325 West 5th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Stevenses

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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.