A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Baxters
In the city directories 1940 · 47 addresses on 41 streets
The directories print the Baxter name at 47 addresses on 41 streets in 1940, in 16 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 Baxters lived
- Dunbar-Southlands7 addresses
- Kitsilano7 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Downtown2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise1 address
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: J Baxter, J S Baxter and Mrs Caroline M Baxter1940
- 2Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Ernest Baxter and Muriel Baxter1940
- 3KingswayTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: A C Baxter and J Baxter1940
- 4Pacific StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Gwen M Baxter and William Baxter1940
- 5West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: Mrs N Baxter and Harold J Baxter1940
- 6West 6th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: H H Baxter, Maxine R Baxter and Mrs Annie Baxter1940
- 7Adanac StreetOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Sam C Baxter1940
- 8Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: Frederick Baxter1940
- 9Comox StreetOne address in West End; two people: Evelyn Baxter and Jack B Baxter1940
- 10Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; one person: Sophia S Baxter1940
- 11Cotton DriveOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Mrs I L Baxter1940
- 12East 15th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; three people: Mrs E C Baxter, B Desmond P Baxter and Wilbert Baxter1940
29 more streets, by name: East 22nd Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Hemlock Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kerr Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Lanark Street (1), Main Street (1), Olympic Street (1), Pine Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Trinity Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 47 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, twelve have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; each street's page names them.
The book of the Baxters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Baxter name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.