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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Abbotts

In the city directories 1940 · 42 addresses on 37 streets

The directories print the Abbott name at 42 addresses on 37 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Abbotts lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Kitsilano6 addresses
  2. Victoria-Fraserview6 addresses
  3. Downtown4 addresses
  4. Riley Park4 addresses
  5. West End4 addresses
  6. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  7. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  8. Fairview2 addresses
  9. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  10. Sunset2 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands1 address
  12. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  14. Kerrisdale1 address
  15. Marpole1 address
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  17. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Argyle StreetTwo addresses in Victoria-Fraserview; two people: G L Abbott and R W Abbott
    1940
  2. 2
    East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: G Abbott and M Abbott
    1940
  3. 3
    Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: W A Abbott and Whses Abbott
    1940
  4. 4
    Prince Edward StreetTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: V E B Abbott and W Abbott
    1940
  5. 5
    West 38th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge; two people: H S Abbott and H Stan Abbott
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: N Abbott
    1940
  7. 7
    Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Margaret Abbott
    1940
  8. 8
    Carolina StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: C N Abbott
    1940
  9. 9
    Cartier StreetOne address in Marpole; one person: W W Abbott
    1940
  10. 10
    Collingwood StreetOne address in Kitsilano; two people: Mrs H Abbott and H Hope Abbott
    1940
  11. 11
    Commercial StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; two people: J Abbott and R Claude Abbott
    1940
  12. 12
    Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; one person: S L Abbott
    1940

25 more streets, by name: Dumfries Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Melville Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 42 addresses, 14 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 18; each street's page names them.

The book of the Abbotts

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under A. Want a name removed? Tell us.