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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Douglases

In the city directories 1940 · 87 addresses on 70 streets

The directories print the Douglas name at 87 addresses on 70 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Douglass. 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 Douglases 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. Downtown15 addresses
  2. Kitsilano9 addresses
  3. Hastings-Sunrise8 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  6. Fairview6 addresses
  7. West End6 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  9. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  10. Riley Park4 addresses
  11. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  12. Marpole2 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  14. Strathcona2 addresses
  15. Sunset2 addresses
  16. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  17. Kerrisdale1 address
  18. Oakridge1 address
  19. Shaughnessy1 address
  20. West Point Grey1 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 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: Mrs M E Douglas, W H Douglas and Claud W Douglas, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West Hastings StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Alex Douglas, George Douglas and R L Douglas
    1940
  3. 3
    Adanac StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: W Douglas and Margaret Douglas
    1940
  4. 4
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Mrs F M Douglass and Grace Douglas
    1940
  5. 5
    Davie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: E M Douglas, Harry M Douglas and Martha E Douglas
    1940
  6. 6
    East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; three people: A K Douglas, Evelyn Douglas and James A Douglas
    1940
  7. 7
    Franklin StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: J F Douglas and S W Douglas
    1940
  8. 8
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: K E Douglas and Ron W Douglas
    1940
  9. 9
    KingswayTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: Charles R Douglas, Helen Douglas and Ray R Douglas, and one more
    1940
  10. 10
    Main StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Riley Park; two people: F J Douglas and G Douglas
    1940
  11. 11
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs M Douglas and John Douglas
    1940
  12. 12
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: Mrs N K Douglas, R Douglas and R Alan Douglas
    1940

58 more streets, by name: Argyle Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Charles Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 35th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Glen Drive (1), Granville Street (1), Heather Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Parker Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Robson Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Vine Street (1), Walnut Street (1), Water Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (2), West 17th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (2), West 44th Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 70th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Pender Street (2), Windsor Street (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 87 addresses, 36 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 36; each street's page names them.

The book of the Douglases

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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.