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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Howards

In the city directories 1940 · 74 addresses on 54 streets

The directories print the Howard name at 74 addresses on 54 streets in 1940, in 19 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 Howards 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. Kitsilano14 addresses
  2. West End14 addresses
  3. Downtown12 addresses
  4. Fairview6 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  6. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  7. Riley Park3 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  9. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  10. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  11. South Cambie2 addresses
  12. Strathcona2 addresses
  13. West Point Grey2 addresses
  14. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  15. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  18. Shaughnessy1 address
  19. Victoria-Fraserview1 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 13th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: J Howard, Mrs H M Howard and Grace V Howard, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 15th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; seven people: A C Howard, C J Howard and F Howard, and four more
    1940
  3. 3
    Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: E W Howard, Austin W Howard and Robert Howard
    1940
  4. 4
    West Pender StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Cyril L Howard, Emery Howard and Jack A Howard
    1940
  5. 5
    Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Francis J Howard and Mark Howard
    1940
  6. 6
    East 38th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: H V Howard, F St C Howard and Margaret I Howard
    1940
  7. 7
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; five people: H B Howard, J Howard and Mary M Howard, and two more
    1940
  8. 8
    Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Mrs B Howard and Philip C Howard
    1940
  9. 9
    Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: R M Howard and V Howard
    1940
  10. 10
    Mackenzie StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano and Arbutus Ridge; three people: B A Howard, Earl J Howard and Victor C Howard
    1940
  11. 11
    Nanaimo StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise and Renfrew-Collingwood; seven people: Mrs C M Howard, Barbara C Howard and Cath Howard, and four more
    1940
  12. 12
    West 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; five people: Mrs L A Howard, Mrs M E Howard and Owen J Howard, and two more
    1940

42 more streets, by name: Ash Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Beach Avenue (1), Beatrice Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Bute Street (1), Charles Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Connaught Drive (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elm Street (1), French Street (1), Granville Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Melville Street (1), Oak Street (1), Olympic Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Powell Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Smithe Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (2), West Cordova Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 74 addresses, 21 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 36; each street's page names them.

The book of the Howards

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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.