A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Hollands
In the city directories 1940 · 44 addresses on 36 streets
The directories print the Holland name at 44 addresses on 36 streets in 1940, in 14 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Holand. 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 Hollands lived
- Downtown10 addresses
- Kitsilano6 addresses
- West End6 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Dunbar-Southlands1 address
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West Pender StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: A H Holland, S Holland and William A C Holland1940
- 2East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: R A Holland and John Holland1940
- 3Melville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Mrs L S Holland, Joyce M Holland and Lydia Holland1940
- 4Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: R R Holland and Adelaide Holland1940
- 5Osler StreetTwo addresses in Shaughnessy; two people: M Holland and N Holland1940
- 6West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: A H Holland, Bert Holland and Henry B Holland1940
- 7West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: A J Holland and C R Holland1940
- 8Arbutus StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: A G Holland1940
- 9Blenheim StreetOne address in Kitsilano; two people: F H Holland and Frank B Holland1940
- 10Burrard StreetOne address in West End; one person: Margaret R Holland1940
- 11Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Dorothy Holland1940
- 12Cassiar StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; four people: J W Holland, Doreen H Holland, Eileen M Holland and one more1940
24 more streets, by name: Columbia Street (1), Davie Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Homer Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Marshall Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Templeton Drive (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Water Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 44 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 16; each street's page names them.
The book of the Hollands
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Holland 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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.