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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Atkinsons

In the city directories 1940 · 71 addresses on 65 streets

The directories print the Atkinson name at 71 addresses on 65 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 Atkinsons 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. Downtown9 addresses
  2. Kensington-Cedar Cottage9 addresses
  3. Kitsilano7 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant7 addresses
  5. West End7 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  7. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  8. Riley Park4 addresses
  9. West Point Grey4 addresses
  10. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  12. Fairview2 addresses
  13. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  14. Killarney1 address
  15. Marpole1 address
  16. Oakridge1 address
  17. Shaughnessy1 address
  18. South Cambie1 address
  19. 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
    West 6th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: J A Atkinson, A W Atkinson and H Atkinson, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: J G Atkinson, Mrs G Atkinson and Beatrice Atkinson
    1940
  3. 3
    East 29th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: F C Atkinson, Cyril R Atkinson and Doug Atkinson
    1940
  4. 4
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: T H Atkinson and Muriel K Atkinson
    1940
  5. 5
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; two people: John H Atkinson and Mabel S Atkinson
    1940
  6. 6
    Alder StreetOne address in Fairview; one person: M A Atkinson
    1940
  7. 7
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: J T Atkinson
    1940
  8. 8
    Battison StreetOne address in Killarney; one person: R Atkinson
    1940
  9. 9
    Bellevue DriveOne address in West Point Grey; one person: H M Atkinson
    1940
  10. 10
    Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Margaret Atkinson
    1940
  11. 11
    Cambie StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: John D Atkinson
    1940
  12. 12
    Carrall StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Ernest Atkinson
    1940

53 more streets, by name: Commercial Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Dundee Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hoy Street (1), Ivanhoe Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Maple Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Perry Street (1), Powell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 60th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 71 addresses, 21 still have their buildings from before 1946, 21 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 29; each street's page names them.

The book of the Atkinsons

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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.