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A family name on West 18th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge

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 West 18th 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.

Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.

Where the Stewarts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    317 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J M Stewart, an accountant at Sterling Food Markets 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Thomson at 307 and J Stinson at 327. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    584 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Mrs C Stewart 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Keating at 580 and Mrs M A McDermid at 588. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3538 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A J Stewart, a salesman 1940
    • Dorothy Stewart, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Clarke at 3534 and S G Johns at 3544. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an accountant and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 M Stewart at 317 West 18th 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, where each person's work is printed, lists James M Stewart there as the householder, an accountant at Sterling Food Markets. The 1940 name section lists Mrs C Stewart at 584 West 18th Avenue.

A J Stewart is listed at 3538 West 18th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Stewart there as the householder, a salesman, with Dorothy Stewart, a student.

Today

317 West 18th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 584 West 18th (1975) and 3538 West 18th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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

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.