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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Stevensons

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Stevenson at four addresses in 1940, all on West 14th 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 68 other streets too, all listed on the Stevenson name's own page.

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Where the Stevensons 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

    525 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • R Stevenson, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Grantham at 523 and Grantham F C & Co at 535. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1906 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • B C Stevenson, a salesman at Western City 1940
    • Helen M Stevenson, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: W P McRae at 1916. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2146 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Emma Stevenson, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Arundel at 2134 and F M Page at 2156. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2975 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • James Stevenson, a meat cutter at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Cockbourn at 2965 and Mrs M Millar at 2985. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a meat cutter, a salesman and a stage operator. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3) and Fairview. 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 R Stevenson at 525 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Robert Stevenson there as the householder, a stage operator at BC Motor Transportation. In 1940 the directory lists B C Stevenson at 1906 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Bertram C Stevenson there as the householder, a salesman at Western City, with Helen M Stevenson, a student at UBC.

The 1940 name section lists Emma Stevenson at 2146 West 14th Avenue, widow of J. The 1940 name section lists James Stevenson at 2975 West 14th Avenue, a meat cutter at Spencer's.

Today

2975 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 525 West 14th (1978), 1906 West 14th (1982) and 2146 West 14th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.