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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dicksons

In the city directories 1940 · 53 addresses on 49 streets

The directories print the Dickson name at 53 addresses on 49 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Dickieson. 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 Dicksons 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. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  2. West End6 addresses
  3. Kitsilano5 addresses
  4. Fairview4 addresses
  5. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  6. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  7. Sunset4 addresses
  8. Downtown3 addresses
  9. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  10. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  11. West Point Grey3 addresses
  12. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  13. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  15. Oakridge1 address
  16. Riley Park1 address
  17. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Dunbar StreetThree addresses in Kitsilano and Dunbar-Southlands; five people: F G Dickson, J Dickson and J R Dickson, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: Mrs H Dickson, Miles L Dickson and Olive Dickson
    1940
  3. 3
    West 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: C S Dickson and Mrs C E M Dickson
    1940
  4. 4
    Aberdeen StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: J E Dickson and Vesta A Dickson
    1940
  5. 5
    Balaclava StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: E Stuart Dickson
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Jean L Dickson
    1940
  7. 7
    Beach AvenueOne address in West End; one person: G Dickson
    1940
  8. 8
    Beatrice StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: R J Dickson
    1940
  9. 9
    Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs E Dickson
    1940
  10. 10
    Bute StreetOne address in Downtown; three people: T Dickson, Joan McL Dickson and Peter Dickson
    1940
  11. 11
    Dumfries StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs T Dickson and Lavander A Dickson
    1940
  12. 12
    East 11th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: William Dickson
    1940

37 more streets, by name: East 18th Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Eton Street (1), Euclid Avenue (1), Franklin Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Knight Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Payne Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Spencer Street (1), Spruce Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Trafalgar Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 53 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.

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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.