A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Stewarts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Stewart at two addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: 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
1843 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- J J B Stewart 1940
Next door in 1940: R Symon at 1841 and H Harlos at 1855. The block, door by door
- 2
4266 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G J Stewart, a manager at Acme Steel 1940
Next door in 1940: J B Thomson at 4256 and J M Bloch at 4276. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a manager.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 J B Stewart at 1843 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John J B Stewart there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G J Stewart at 4266 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Glenn J Stewart there as the householder, a manager at Acme Steel.
Today
4266 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1843 West 8th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Stewart J J B1843 West 8th, p. 195
- Stewart John J B1843 West 8th, p. 587
- Stewart G J4266 West 8th, p. 196
- Stewart Glenn J mgr Acme Steel4266 West 8th, p. 587
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.