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A family name on Thurlow Street, West End and Downtown

The Stewarts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Stewart at four addresses in 1940, all on Thurlow Street. 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

    955 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • W Stewart, a mining engineer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Esch at 921 and H Aird at 989. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    998 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • W Stewart, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1101 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Daniel Stewart, an engineer at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: mackay apartments at 1107. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1176 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Stewart, a cook 1940
    • Mrs Anne Stewart, of The Odd Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Grange at 1160 and J McFarland at 1182. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: an accountant, a cook, an engineer and a mining engineer.

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 W Stewart at 955 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Stewart there as the householder, a mining engineer. In 1940 the directory lists W Stewart at 998 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists William Stewart there as the householder, a supervisor, with William D Stewart, an accountant.

The 1940 name section lists Daniel Stewart at 1101 Thurlow Street, an engineer at the CPR. J A Stewart is listed at 1176 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John A Stewart there as the householder, a cook, with Mrs Anne Stewart, of The Odd Bakery.

Today

955 Thurlow, 998 Thurlow, 1101 Thurlow and 1176 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 1176 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Stewarts

Every directory, as one book

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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.