A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Holmeses
In the city directories 1940 · 73 addresses on 60 streets
The directories print the Holmes name at 73 addresses on 60 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Holms. 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 Holmeses lived
- Downtown12 addresses
- Kitsilano9 addresses
- West End7 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
- Kerrisdale6 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Mount Pleasant1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Fairview; four people: F Holmes, A C Holmes and Robert Holmes, and one more1940
- 2Cypress StreetThree addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; three people: A Holmes, F B Holmes and F T Holmes1940
- 3West BroadwayThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: C Holmes, W A Holmes and J Ward Holmes, and one more1940
- 4Commercial StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: H G Holmes and J J Holmes1940
- 5East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: A Holmes and Jack Holmes1940
- 6Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: L B Holmes and Richard G Holmes1940
- 7Renfrew StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: N Holmes and W Holmes1940
- 8Thurlow StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: F W Holmes, Alfred C Holmes and Howard G Holmes1940
- 9West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: Mrs A Holmes, Isobel B Holmes and Mildred Holmes1940
- 10Adanac StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: Mrs E Holmes and Florence Holmes1940
- 11Alberni StreetOne address in West End; two people: John Holmes and William Holmes1940
- 12Balsam StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: C Holmes1940
48 more streets, by name: Broughton Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Dumfries Street (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 64th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), Galt Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Holland Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Parker Street (1), Powell Street (1), Richards Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Turner Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 54th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 73 addresses, 28 still have their buildings from before 1946, 20 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 25; each street's page names them.
The book of the Holmeses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Holmes 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.