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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Carters

In the city directories 1940 · 94 addresses on 71 streets

The directories print the Carter name at 94 addresses on 71 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Cartier. 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 Carters 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 End14 addresses
  2. Downtown12 addresses
  3. Kitsilano8 addresses
  4. Dunbar-Southlands7 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  6. Shaughnessy6 addresses
  7. Fairview5 addresses
  8. Sunset5 addresses
  9. Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
  10. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  11. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  12. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  14. Riley Park3 addresses
  15. West Point Grey3 addresses
  16. Killarney2 addresses
  17. South Cambie2 addresses
  18. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  19. Marpole1 address
  20. 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 12th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; twelve people: A P Carter, H Carter and H W Carter, and nine more
    1940
  2. 2
    Haro StreetFour addresses in West End; six people: A Carter, A Carter and Ena G Carter, and three more
    1940
  3. 3
    Angus DriveThree addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; four people: A Carter, H S Carter and J V Carter, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Fairview; four people: Gowns Cartier, H W Carter and Mrs Marie Carter, and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Mrs R Carter, Ernest Carter and Mrs A Maude Carter
    1940
  6. 6
    West 37th AvenueThree addresses in Shaughnessy, Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; seven people: R S Carter, S B Carter and Cecil H Carter, and four more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: Mrs M M Carter, Inez L Carter and Miss I L Carter
    1940
  8. 8
    West 27th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie; three people: C Carter, W Carter and Don Carter
    1940
  9. 9
    West 29th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: J S Carter, John A Cartier and Mrs Maude F Cartier
    1940
  10. 10
    West 2nd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: N R Carter, W T Carter and Cath L Carter, and one more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 35th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge; six people: F J Carter, Mrs G L Carter and Elizabeth Carter, and three more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 6th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: Mrs Alice Carter and Percy H Carter
    1940

59 more streets, by name: Barclay Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bursill Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Cedar Crescent (1), Chilco Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Findlay Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Homer Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Mainland Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), McCleery Street (1), McKinnon Street (1), Melville Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (1), Price Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Union Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 70th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 94 addresses, 33 still have their buildings from before 1946, 31 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 30; each street's page names them.

The book of the Carters

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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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.