A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Stevensons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Stevenson at three addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive. 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 68 other streets too, all listed on the Stevenson name's own page.
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Where the Stevensons lived
- 1
4185 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- F A Stevenson, proprietor of Trade Roasting 1940
Next door in 1940: L I Bearg at 4149. The block, door by door
- 2
5826 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Ella Stevenson, a maid for R M Brink 1940
Next door in 1940: S A Horner at 5846. The block, door by door
- 3
6875 Angus Drive
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A Stevenson, a department manager at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: W R S Fraser at 6857 and O F Lundell at 6891. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a department manager, a maid and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Shaughnessy. 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 F A Stevenson at 4185 Angus Drive; 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 Frank A Stevenson there as the householder, proprietor of Trade Roasting. The 1940 name section lists Ella Stevenson at 5826 Angus Drive, a maid for R M Brink.
A Stevenson is listed at 6875 Angus Drive in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Stevenson there as the householder, a department manager at Spencer's.
Today
4185 Angus Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 5826 Angus Drive (2012) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6875 Angus Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Stevenson F A4185 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Stevenson Frank A prop Trade Roasting4185 Angus Drive, p. 586
- Stevenson Ella maid R M Brink5826 Angus Drive, p. 586
- *Stevenson A6875 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Stevenson Arch dept mgr Spencers6875 Angus Drive, p. 585
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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Every directory, as one book
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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.