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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Crawfords

In the city directories 1940 · 94 addresses on 71 streets

The directories print the Crawford name at 94 addresses on 71 streets in 1940, in 19 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 Crawfords 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. Downtown19 addresses
  2. Kitsilano8 addresses
  3. West End7 addresses
  4. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  5. Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant6 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  8. Riley Park5 addresses
  9. Sunset5 addresses
  10. Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
  11. Fairview4 addresses
  12. West Point Grey4 addresses
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  14. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  15. South Cambie3 addresses
  16. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  17. Strathcona2 addresses
  18. Marpole1 address
  19. Renfrew-Collingwood1 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 Pender StreetFive addresses in Downtown; six people: C R Crawford, Daniel Crawford, Maurice J Crawford and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: J S Crawford, John Crawford, R Crawford and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: H H Crawford, J Crawford, Mrs J Crawford and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 33rd AvenueThree addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: G E Crawford, J Crawford, O Crawford and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    West Georgia StreetThree addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: Mrs B E Crawford, Isabella E Crawford, John G Crawford and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy; three people: Mrs E Crawford, W M Crawford and M Jean Crawford
    1940
  7. 7
    East 43rd AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: Mrs S K Crawford and W Crawford
    1940
  8. 8
    Macdonald StreetTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; three people: J Crawford, A O G Crawford and Phyllis M Crawford
    1940
  9. 9
    Robson StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: R W Crawford, Mrs M Crawford and Isabella M Crawford
    1940
  10. 10
    Trinity StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: D B Crawford and R W Crawford
    1940
  11. 11
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: A E Crawford, D Crawford, Gordon Crawford and two more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: J Crawford and J M Crawford
    1940

59 more streets, by name: Barclay Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (1), Davie Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Lime Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), Main Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Melville Street (1), Oak Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prior Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (2), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 4th Avenue (2), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 94 addresses, 43 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 37; each street's page names them.

The book of the Crawfords

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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.