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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Findlays

In the city directories 1940 · 54 addresses on 47 streets

The directories print the Findlay name at 54 addresses on 47 streets in 1940, in 20 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 Findlays 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. Kitsilano6 addresses
  2. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  3. Downtown4 addresses
  4. Fairview4 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  6. Sunset4 addresses
  7. West End4 addresses
  8. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  9. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  10. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  15. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. South Cambie1 address
  18. Strathcona1 address
  19. Victoria-Fraserview1 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 7th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: A Findlay, James Findlay and John Findlay
    1940
  2. 2
    East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: I W Findlay, Elizabeth M Findlay and Gerald L Findlay, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    East 26th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A Findlay and Cath J Findlay
    1940
  4. 4
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: G G Findlay, G P Findlay and Marjorie C Findlay
    1940
  5. 5
    West 34th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: H G Findlay, S Findlay and J Christine Findlay
    1940
  6. 6
    West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: J Findlay, Mrs M S Findlay and George Findlay
    1940
  7. 7
    Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Edwin Findlay
    1940
  8. 8
    Alberta StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; two people: M Margery Findlay and Miss M M Findlay
    1940
  9. 9
    Birch StreetOne address in Fairview; two people: Janey N Findlay and Margaret M Findlay
    1940
  10. 10
    Chestnut StreetOne address in Kitsilano; two people: I Dora Findlay and Mrs Ella A Findlay
    1940
  11. 11
    Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; two people: Mrs D M Findlay and David W Findlay
    1940
  12. 12
    Cypress StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: W Findlay
    1940

35 more streets, by name: Earles Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 58th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), Elm Street (1), Euclid Avenue (1), Franklin Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Hawks Avenue (1), Howe Street (1), Maple Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), McLean Drive (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Ross Street (1), Rossland Street (1), Salsbury Drive (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 54 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; 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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.