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A family name on Alma Street, Kitsilano, West Point Grey and Dunbar-Southlands

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Stewart at four addresses in 1940, all on Alma Street. 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 Stewarts at 2222 Alma in 1940. The directories print the name on 178 other streets too, all listed on the Stewart name's own page.

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Where the Stewarts 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

    2222 Alma Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss L Stewart 1940
    • Lyla Stewart, a stenographer at National Machinery 1940
    • Mrs Edith Stewart 1940
  2. 2

    2440 Alma Street

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • D A Stewart, an attendant at the Deaf & Blind School 1940
  3. 3

    5850 Alma Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss J E Stewart 1940
    • Jessie E Stewart 1940
    • Cath Stewart, widow of C J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev A Thomson at 5830 and D A Macdonald at 5856. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5884 Alma Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T B Stewart, a caretaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Patrick at 5876. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the eight: an attendant, a caretaker and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kitsilano 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 Miss L Stewart at 2222 Alma Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Lyla Stewart there as the householder, a stenographer at National Machinery, with Mrs Edith Stewart. In 1940 the directory lists D A Stewart at 2440 Alma Street. The 1940 name section lists Don A Stewart there as the householder, an attendant at the Deaf & Blind School.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss J E Stewart at 5850 Alma Street; 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 Jessie E Stewart there as the householder, with Cath Stewart, widow of C J. In 1940 the directory lists T B Stewart at 5884 Alma Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas B Stewart there as the householder, a caretaker.

Today

2222 Alma and 5884 Alma still have their buildings from before 1946, 2222 Alma on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 5850 Alma (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2440 Alma, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.