A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Deans
In the city directories 1940 · 43 addresses on 36 streets
The directories print the Dean name at 43 addresses on 36 streets in 1940, in 15 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 Deans lived
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
- Downtown6 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- West Point Grey4 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Mount Pleasant2 addresses
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: Mrs E Dean, C N Dean and Charlotte Dean1940
- 2Broughton StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: W A Dean, Dorothy M Dean and T J Dean, and one more1940
- 3Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Charles N Dean, J E Dean and W Dean1940
- 4Prince Albert StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: D K Dean and Mrs M Dean1940
- 5Semlin DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: E Dean, George Dean and Nicholas Dean1940
- 6West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: G Dean, J Dean and Venie L Dean1940
- 7Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: Josephine Dean1940
- 8Balsam StreetOne address in Arbutus Ridge; three people: Isabel M Dean, Mary A Dean and Miss I M Dean1940
- 9Cambie StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Mrs Annie Dean1940
- 10Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs M P Dean1940
- 11Clark DriveOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: A Dean1940
- 12Culloden StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: W Dean and Margery Dean1940
24 more streets, by name: Davie Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Homer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Main Street (1), McKinnon Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Prior Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 65th Avenue (1), Woodland Drive (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 43 addresses, 17 still have their buildings from before 1946, twelve have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 14; each street's page names them.
The book of the Deans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dean 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.