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A family name on East 4th Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Stewart at three addresses in 1940, all on East 4th 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 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

    2112 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J McA Stewart, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacMorland at 2104 and H B Tweed at 2120. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2186 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs M Stewart, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Huisson at 2164 and J C Finnie at 2196. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2958 East 4th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A M Stewart, a police officer at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • John W F Stewart, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Harper at 2944 and S A Chubb at 2974. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a clerk, a fireman and a police officer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 J McA Stewart at 2112 East 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James McA Stewart there as the householder, a fireman at Canadian National Steamships. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Stewart at 2186 East 4th 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 Matilda Stewart there as the householder, widow of D.

In 1940 the directory lists A M Stewart at 2958 East 4th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Angus M Stewart there as the householder, a police officer at the City of Vancouver, with John W F Stewart, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

Today

2112 East 4th, 2186 East 4th and 2958 East 4th still have their buildings from before 1946.

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.