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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dawsons

In the city directories 1940 · 73 addresses on 63 streets

The directories print the Dawson name at 73 addresses on 63 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 Dawsons 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. Downtown13 addresses
  2. West End8 addresses
  3. Mount Pleasant7 addresses
  4. Kitsilano6 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  6. Kerrisdale5 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  8. Fairview4 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  10. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  11. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  12. Riley Park3 addresses
  13. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  14. Oakridge1 address
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  16. South Cambie1 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
    Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown and Kerrisdale; five people: R J Dawson, C E Dawson and C E Dawson, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    Abbott StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: W C Dawson and William Dawson
    1940
  3. 3
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: G S Dawson, Mrs Phyllis G Dawson and Norman Dawson
    1940
  4. 4
    Quebec StreetTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; two people: E Dawson and O Dawson
    1940
  5. 5
    West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: E G Dawson, J A Dawson and Doreen Dawson
    1940
  6. 6
    West Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Mrs L Dawson and P M Dawson
    1940
  7. 7
    West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: H H Dawson, J A Dawson and Ray Dawson
    1940
  8. 8
    Adera StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: D C Dawson
    1940
  9. 9
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: Ellis Dawson
    1940
  10. 10
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; two people: F J Dawson and Jean R Dawson
    1940
  11. 11
    Bayswater StreetOne address in Kitsilano; three people: Doug Dawson, Miss W Dawson and Wilma F Dawson
    1940
  12. 12
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: Margaret Dawson
    1940

51 more streets, by name: Broughton Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Clark Drive (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Creelman Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Mannering Avenue (1), Marguerite Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Parker Street (1), Richards Street (1), Ruby Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 73 addresses, 32 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 24; each street's page names them.

The book of the Dawsons

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The family book reads the Dawson 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.