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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Buchanans

In the city directories 1940 · 50 addresses on 41 streets

The directories print the Buchanan name at 50 addresses on 41 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 Buchanans 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. Kitsilano11 addresses
  2. West End6 addresses
  3. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  4. Fairview4 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  6. Shaughnessy4 addresses
  7. Downtown3 addresses
  8. West Point Grey3 addresses
  9. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  10. Marpole2 addresses
  11. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  12. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  13. Kerrisdale1 address
  14. Oakridge1 address
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  16. Riley Park1 address
  17. Sunset1 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 10th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; six people: C K Buchanan, Mrs M E Buchanan and R D Buchanan, and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: A E Buchanan, J U Buchanan and Gordon R Buchanan, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: M D Buchanan and S C Buchanan
    1940
  4. 4
    West 32nd AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge; two people: J Buchanan Jr and T Buchanan
    1940
  5. 5
    West 35th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: D Buchanan, George W Buchanan and Margaret M Buchanan
    1940
  6. 6
    West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: D Buchanan, D D Buchanan and Margaret L Buchanan, and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    Aberdeen StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: J C Buchanan, Delys Buchanan and Norma W Buchanan
    1940
  8. 8
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: J M Buchanan
    1940
  9. 9
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Charles A Buchanan
    1940
  10. 10
    Bayswater StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: Jean Buchanan
    1940
  11. 11
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; two people: Mrs M Buchanan and Ernest E Buchanan
    1940
  12. 12
    Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; two people: Archibald M Buchanan and Flora Buchanan
    1940

29 more streets, by name: Davie Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), Gilford Street (1), Haro Street (1), Heather Street (1), James Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Montcalm Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Olympic Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Robson Street (1), Seymour Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 50 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, seven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 25; each street's page names them.

The book of the Buchanans

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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.