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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dixons

In the city directories 1940 · 64 addresses on 57 streets

The directories print the Dixon name at 64 addresses on 57 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 Dixons 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. Downtown12 addresses
  2. Kerrisdale8 addresses
  3. West End6 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  5. Kitsilano4 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy4 addresses
  8. Strathcona4 addresses
  9. Riley Park3 addresses
  10. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  12. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  13. Marpole2 addresses
  14. Sunset2 addresses
  15. West Point Grey2 addresses
  16. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  17. Killarney1 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 Marpole; seven people: J C Dixon, A J Dixon and Ernest Dixon, and four more
    1940
  2. 2
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Cal Dixon and Marion Dixon
    1940
  3. 3
    East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: Mrs M Dixon, Abe Dixon and Alex W Dixon, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Marguerite StreetTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; two people: T S Dixon and Mary H Dixon
    1940
  5. 5
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: W Dixon
    1940
  6. 6
    Alma StreetOne address in Kitsilano; two people: M F Dixon and Julia A Dixon
    1940
  7. 7
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: Robert Dixon
    1940
  8. 8
    Beach AvenueOne address in West End; one person: Alice Dixon
    1940
  9. 9
    Blenheim StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: C G Dixon
    1940
  10. 10
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Nona Dixon
    1940
  11. 11
    Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: R O Dixon and Victor J Dixon
    1940
  12. 12
    Churchill StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; four people: J E Dixon, Don M Dixon and Dorothy M Dixon, and one more
    1940

45 more streets, by name: Cornwall Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Lime Street (1), Main Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Robson Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Tyne Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 64 addresses, 21 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 29; each street's page names them.

The book of the Dixons

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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.