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A family name on Blenheim Street, Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano and Kerrisdale

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Stewart at three addresses in 1940, all on Blenheim 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: four Stewarts at 5108 Blenheim 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

    2231 Blenheim Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E A Stewart, widow of T S 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Howard at 2241. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5108 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A Stewart, a driver at Peerless Laundry 1940
    • Jean Stewart, a clerk at Peerless Laundry 1940
    • John C Stewart 1940
    • Mary Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Condie at 5126. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5550 Blenheim Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Rev J C Stewart, retired 1940
    • Edith Stewart, a librarian 1940

    Next door in 1940: D A Pennicuick at 5530 and A S Angell at 5570. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the seven: a clerk, a driver and a librarian. Two of them worked for Peerless Laundry. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs E A Stewart at 2231 Blenheim 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Edith A Stewart there as the householder, widow of T S. In 1940 the directory lists A Stewart at 5108 Blenheim Street. The 1940 name section lists Andrew Stewart there as the householder, a driver at Peerless Laundry, with Jean Stewart, a clerk at Peerless Laundry, John C Stewart, and Mary Stewart.

In 1940 the directory lists Rev J C Stewart at 5550 Blenheim Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Rev J Clark Stewart there as the householder, retired, with Edith Stewart, a librarian.

Today

2231 Blenheim, 5108 Blenheim and 5550 Blenheim still have their buildings from before 1946, 5550 Blenheim on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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.