A family name on East 8th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Stewarts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Stewart at three addresses in 1940, all on East 8th 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
- 1
199 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- D Stewart, a music teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: broadway printers at 151. The block, door by door
- 2
636 East 8th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Alice L Stewart, widow of W C 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Tracey at 628 and S W Forsyth at 652. The block, door by door
- 3
1343 East 8th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mary Stewart, widow of W 1940
Next door in 1940: F Mahy at 1337 and C C Pippet at 1349. The block, door by door
What they did
Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 D Stewart, a music teacher, at 199 East 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alice L Stewart at 636 East 8th Avenue, widow of W C. The 1940 name section lists Mary Stewart at 1343 East 8th Avenue, widow of W.
Today
636 East 8th (1982) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 199 East 8th and 1343 East 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Stewart D mus tchr199 East 8th, p. 193
- Stewart Alice L wid W C636 East 8th, p. 586
- Stewart Mary wid W1343 East 8th, p. 588
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Stewarts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Stewart name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.