A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Chamberses
In the city directories 1940 · 49 addresses on 42 streets
The directories print the Chambers name at 49 addresses on 42 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 Chamberses lived
- Downtown6 addresses
- West End6 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Marpole1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East 2nd AvenueFive addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; seven people: G Chambers, H L Chambers and Mrs C Chambers, and four more1940
- 2Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Chambers and Mrs Rita Chambers1940
- 3West 16th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: A T Chambers and Helen Chambers1940
- 4West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Howard Chambers and R Chambers1940
- 5Adanac StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: Florence Chambers and Miss F Chambers1940
- 6Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: George Chambers1940
- 7Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs A Chambers1940
- 8Clarendon StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: S Chambers1940
- 9Commercial DriveOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: Mrs Chambers1940
- 10Davie StreetOne address in West End; one person: Steve Chambers1940
- 11East 10th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: H G Chambers1940
- 12East 15th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs B Chambers1940
30 more streets, by name: East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 60th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), French Street (1), Granville Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Turner Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 51st Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 49 addresses, 14 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 18; each street's page names them.
The book of the Chamberses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Chambers 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.