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A family name on Bute Street, West End and Downtown

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Stewart at four addresses in 1940, all on Bute 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 884 Bute 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

    884 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • J R F Stewart, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
    • Mrs H Stewart, widow of H A 1940
    • Henry A Stewart, a clerk at Dun & Bradstreet 1940
    • John T Stewart, a clerk at Western Wholesale Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    894 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Magdalene Stewart, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: beaconsfield apts at 884. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1130 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mary Stewart, widow of M 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Granger at 1122 and W H Davison at 1140. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1150 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Graham Stewart, an examiner at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Davison at 1140 and H D Yeats at 1156. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a clerk (3), an examiner and a saleswoman. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (4). 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 H Stewart at 884 Bute Street. By 1940 it is J R F Stewart. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists J Rowland F Stewart there as the householder, a clerk at the BC Government, with Helen Stewart, widow of H A, Henry A Stewart, a clerk at Dun & Bradstreet, and John T Stewart, a clerk at Western Wholesale Drug. The 1940 name section lists Magdalene Stewart at 894 Bute Street, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.

The 1940 name section lists Mary Stewart at 1130 Bute Street, widow of M. The 1940 name section lists Graham Stewart at 1150 Bute Street, an examiner at the Customs.

Today

884 Bute still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1150 Bute (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 894 Bute and 1130 Bute, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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.