A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Greenwoods
In the city directories 1940 · 46 addresses on 38 streets
The directories print the Greenwood name at 46 addresses on 38 streets in 1940, in 18 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 Greenwoods lived
- Kitsilano7 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Downtown2 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- Strathcona1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: B F Greenwood, J C Greenwood and T H Greenwood1940
- 2West 1st AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; three people: S W Greenwood, W N Greenwood and Arthur Greenwood1940
- 3Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Bryan Greenwood and Walter B Greenwood1940
- 4East 57th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: L D Greenwood and Mrs M Greenwood1940
- 5West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: R C Greenwood and Amelia J Greenwood1940
- 6West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey; four people: H G Greenwood, H L Greenwood, Clayton L Greenwood and one more1940
- 7Adanac StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; one person: S E Greenwood1940
- 8Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: David Greenwood1940
- 9Beach AvenueOne address in West End; one person: Mrs A M Greenwood1940
- 10Beatrice StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: F W Greenwood and Martha Greenwood1940
- 11Cardero StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs Elizabeth Greenwood1940
- 12Cotton DriveOne address in Grandview-Woodland; three people: Mrs E Greenwood, Norman L Greenwood and Syd D Greenwood1940
26 more streets, by name: Dunsmuir Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), French Street (1), Haro Street (1), Howe Street (1), Larch Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), Maple Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Rupert Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West King Edward Avenue (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 46 addresses, 13 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.
The book of the Greenwoods
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Greenwood 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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.