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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Alexanders

In the city directories 1940 · 102 addresses on 76 streets

The directories print the Alexander name at 102 addresses on 76 streets in 1940, in 19 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 Alexanders 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. West End18 addresses
  2. Downtown11 addresses
  3. Dunbar-Southlands11 addresses
  4. Kitsilano9 addresses
  5. West Point Grey8 addresses
  6. Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant6 addresses
  8. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  9. Riley Park5 addresses
  10. Strathcona5 addresses
  11. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  12. South Cambie3 addresses
  13. Sunset3 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  15. Fairview2 addresses
  16. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  17. Oakridge1 address
  18. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  19. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

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

  1. 1
    Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown, Fairview and Shaughnessy; seven people: A Alexander, J M Alexander and A J Alexander, and four more
    1940
  2. 2
    Barclay StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: R T Alexander, Arenia Alexander and Frank Alexander, and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    Comox StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: J A Alexander, George Alexander and M Leona Alexander, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Harwood StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Alexander, Bessie A Alexander and Miss M L Alexander
    1940
  5. 5
    West 24th AvenueThree addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: Mrs N Alexander, T Alexander and W S P Alexander
    1940
  6. 6
    West 6th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: W E Alexander, A Laura Alexander and David N Alexander, and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    Blenheim StreetTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: E C Alexander and H M Alexander
    1940
  8. 8
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: G Alexander and W C Alexander
    1940
  9. 9
    East BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: W F Alexander and George Alexander
    1940
  10. 10
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; two people: Wallace C Alexander and William Alexander
    1940
  11. 11
    Graveley StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: F W Alexander, Mrs S Alexander and Miss J Alexander
    1940
  12. 12
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Jane Alexander and Louise Alexander
    1940

64 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Alma Street (1), Arbutus Street (1), Argyle Street (1), Avondale Avenue (1), Bayswater Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Drummond Drive (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 65th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), Eton Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Hornby Street (2), Howe Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Mackenzie Street (1), Nelson Street (1), North Kootenay Street (1), Oak Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Quilchena Crescent (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Union Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 21st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (2), West King Edward Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 102 addresses, 43 still have their buildings from before 1946, three have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 22 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 34; each street's page names them.

The book of the Alexanders

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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.