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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bairds

In the city directories 1940 · 59 addresses on 47 streets

The directories print the Baird name at 59 addresses on 47 streets in 1940, in 18 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 Bairds 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. Kitsilano10 addresses
  2. Dunbar-Southlands7 addresses
  3. Downtown5 addresses
  4. West Point Grey5 addresses
  5. Fairview4 addresses
  6. West End4 addresses
  7. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  8. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  9. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  10. Riley Park3 addresses
  11. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  12. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
  14. Kerrisdale1 address
  15. Marpole1 address
  16. Oakridge1 address
  17. Sunset1 address
  18. 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
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: A S Baird, G R Baird and J W Baird, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 8th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; three people: E Baird, J D Baird and Mrs Ida Baird
    1940
  3. 3
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: A R Baird and Meta C Baird
    1940
  4. 4
    Joyce StreetTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: A S Baird and Dr W S Baird
    1940
  5. 5
    Pendrell StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: A Baird, J Baird and Annie G Baird
    1940
  6. 6
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; four people: H P Baird, S N Baird and Irene Baird, and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; two people: J Baird and J Y Baird
    1940
  8. 8
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: D Baird and Dr M McC Baird
    1940
  9. 9
    West 32nd AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: T W Baird, W B Baird and Dorothy Baird
    1940
  10. 10
    West Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Claire Baird and M McC Baird
    1940
  11. 11
    Alma StreetOne address in West Point Grey; one person: J S Baird
    1940
  12. 12
    Chester StreetOne address in Sunset; two people: T H Baird and T Scott Baird
    1940

35 more streets, by name: Clark Drive (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Grant Street (1), Granville Street (1), Heather Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), McCleery Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Osler Street (1), Parker Street (1), Puget Drive (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Wallace Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 59 addresses, 26 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; each street's page names them.

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.