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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Chapmans

In the city directories 1940 · 91 addresses on 72 streets

The directories print the Chapman name at 91 addresses on 72 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 Chapmans 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 End12 addresses
  2. Downtown9 addresses
  3. Grandview-Woodland8 addresses
  4. Kitsilano8 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant8 addresses
  6. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  8. Fairview6 addresses
  9. West Point Grey6 addresses
  10. South Cambie4 addresses
  11. Marpole3 addresses
  12. Riley Park3 addresses
  13. Strathcona3 addresses
  14. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  16. Sunset2 addresses
  17. Kerrisdale1 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
    Comox StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: Chapman (no first name printed), Harry Chapman and Lillian G Chapman, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Marpole; four people: G Chapman, Albert Chapman and Frank Chapman, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 14th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: C E Chapman, F M Chapman and R J Chapman, and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 15th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: C Chapman, G Chapman and J A Chapman, and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    East BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: C N Chapman, Chapman and John Chapman
    1940
  6. 6
    Graveley StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: H W Chapman, L H Chapman and Bertram W Chapman, and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: A G Chapman and Marjorie Chapman
    1940
  8. 8
    Point Grey RoadTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: A Chapman, Jack A Chapman and Neva E Chapman
    1940
  9. 9
    Thurlow StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Ernest Chapman and Fred Chapman
    1940
  10. 10
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; two people: E Chapman and R A Chapman
    1940
  11. 11
    West 28th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: G F Chapman and Ada V Chapman
    1940
  12. 12
    West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: H T Chapman and Chapman (no first name printed)
    1940

60 more streets, by name: Beach Avenue (1), Bute Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Columbia Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Ferndale Street (1), Garden Drive (1), Homer Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Main Street (1), Moss Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Napier Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Prior Street (1), Ross Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Union Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 91 addresses, 29 still have their buildings from before 1946, 22 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 40; each street's page names them.

The book of the Chapmans

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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.