A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Irvines
In the city directories 1940 · 48 addresses on 43 streets
The directories print the Irvine name at 48 addresses on 43 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Irvin. 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 Irvines lived
- Mount Pleasant9 addresses
- Downtown7 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- West End3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Kitsilano2 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Killarney1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
- Shaughnessy1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; two people: W A Irvine and T Irvine1940
- 2Granville StreetTwo addresses in Fairview and Marpole; two people: Mrs E Irvine and D Irvine1940
- 3Main StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: David Irvine and James Irvine1940
- 4West BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; two people: J Irvine and J Irvine1940
- 5West Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: E L Irvine and Mrs R E Irvine1940
- 6Alberta StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: Mrs A Irvine1940
- 7Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: J N Irvine1940
- 8Battison StreetOne address in Killarney; two people: T Irvine and Margaret Irvine1940
- 9Comox StreetOne address in West End; one person: Asa M Irvine1940
- 10Dunsmuir StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Mrs F Estelle Irvine1940
- 11East 11th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: J W Irvine1940
- 12East 12th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: R J Irvine1940
31 more streets, by name: East 22nd Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Eton Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Napier Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Reid Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Semlin Drive (1), Seymour Street (1), Shaughnessy Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 48 addresses, 14 still have their buildings from before 1946, 15 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; each street's page names them.
The book of the Irvines
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Irvine 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 I. Want a name removed? Tell us.