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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Stevensons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Stevenson at three addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Stevensons at 2365 West 7th in 1940. 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

    2365 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Stevenson, a vulcanizer 1940
    • Eric L Stevenson, a salesman 1940
    • John Stevenson, a vulcanizer 1940

    Next door in 1940: K T Field at 2353 and Mrs I Jacobsen at 2375. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2975 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs S E Stevenson, widow of F 1940
    • Frederick C Stevenson, a school principal at N Vancouver City 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Jenkins at 2997. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3246 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A L Stevenson, an auto wrecker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Paterson at 3236 and C S Gentles at 3250. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a vulcanizer (2), an auto wrecker, a salesman and a school principal. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 A Stevenson at 2365 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur Stevenson there as the householder, a vulcanizer, with Eric L Stevenson, a salesman, John Stevenson, proprietor of the OK Tire Service, and John L Stevenson, a vulcanizer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S E Stevenson at 2975 West 7th 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 Sarah E Stevenson there as the householder, widow of F, with Frederick C Stevenson, a school principal at N Vancouver City.

In 1940 the directory lists A L Stevenson at 3246 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert L Stevenson there as the householder, an auto wrecker.

Today

2365 West 7th and 2975 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3246 West 7th (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 10 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.