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A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Stewart at four addresses in 1940, all on Robson 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: three Stewarts at 1321 Robson 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

    1030 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alex H Stewart, a clerk at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss F Brand at 1028 and Robson Farm Mkt at 1032. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1321 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M Stewart, a confectioner 1940
    • Hazel M Stewart, a stenographer 1940
    • Ron P Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Nuytten at 1301 and Mrs I K Ackroyd at 1327. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1407 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • H J Stewart, proprietor of Broughton Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Companion Library Good at 1405 and J Gray at 1409. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1615 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Syd Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: C A Burr at 1601 and C S Barker at 1623. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a confectioner, a proprietor and a stenographer.

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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alex H Stewart at 1030 Robson Street, a clerk at the Vancouver Hotel. Mrs M Stewart, a confectioner, is listed at 1321 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs May Stewart there, a confectioner, with Hazel M Stewart, a stenographer, and Ron P Stewart.

H J Stewart is listed at 1407 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Howard J Stewart there as the householder, proprietor of Broughton Grocery. The 1940 name section lists Syd Stewart at 1615 Robson Street.

Today

1030 Robson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1615 Robson (1970) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1321 Robson and 1407 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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.