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A family name on Ontario Street, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge, Sunset and Marpole

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at two addresses

The directories print eight people named Stewart at two addresses in 1940, all on Ontario Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: six Stewarts at 2617 Ontario 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

    2617 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Stewart, a farmer 1940
    • Charlotte L Stewart, of Style Beauty Salon 1940
    • Florence M Stewart, a hairdresser 1940
    • John R Stewart, a dairyman at Associated Dairies 1940
    • Phyllis E Stewart, a hairdresser 1940
    • Vivienne L Stewart, of Style Beauty Salon 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Cunliffe at 2629. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7506 Ontario Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • Elizabeth Stewart, a laundress at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
    • James Stewart, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Mitchelson at 7532. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a hairdresser (2), a dairyman, a farmer and a laundress.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole and Mount Pleasant. 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 W Stewart at 2617 Ontario Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Willard Stewart there as the householder, a farmer, with Charlotte L Stewart, of Style Beauty Salon, Florence M Stewart, a hairdresser, John R Stewart, a dairyman at Associated Dairies, Phyllis E Stewart, a hairdresser, and Vivienne L Stewart, of Style Beauty Salon. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Stewart at 7506 Ontario Street, a laundress at the Vancouver Hotel, with James Stewart, retired.

Today

2617 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 7506 Ontario (1974) has a newer building, by the City's record.

A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
About 1907 A large group, Rev. Ebenezer Robson among them, in front of Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. Not at the house at 2617 Ontario: no archive photo of the 2600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Ch P166. Public domain.

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.