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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stigants

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Stigant at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Stigants 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

    371 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs F M Stigant, widow of E 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A McLennan at 367 and H B Patterson at 373. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    173 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • Stan E Stigant, a foreman at Easthope Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Blyth at 165. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    258 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • E Stigant, an assistant shipper at Easthope Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Kilgour at 220 and R A Bennie at 272. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an assistant shipper and a foreman. Two of them worked for Easthope Bros. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Sunset (2) and Riley Park. 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 Mrs F M Stigant at 371 East 16th 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 Frances M Stigant there as the householder, widow of E. The 1940 name section lists Stan E Stigant at 173 East 59th Avenue, a foreman at Easthope Bros.

E Stigant is listed at 258 East 59th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward Stigant there as the householder, an assistant shipper at Easthope Bros.

Today

258 East 59th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 371 East 16th (2021) and 173 East 59th (1997) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 5 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.