A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Jameses
In the city directories 1940 · 105 addresses on 76 streets
The directories print the James name at 105 addresses on 76 streets in 1940, in 20 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 Jameses lived
- Downtown14 addresses
- West End12 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage11 addresses
- Kitsilano11 addresses
- Fairview9 addresses
- Riley Park7 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
- Kerrisdale4 addresses
- Marpole4 addresses
- West Point Grey4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Oakridge1 address
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West Georgia StreetFour addresses in Downtown; five people: E S James, T H R James, Charles James and two more1940
- 2Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown, Fairview and Oakridge; four people: Emily James, May E James, Miss M E James and one more1940
- 3Nelson StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Andrew James, Harold James and Rae M James1940
- 4Robson StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Beatrice E James, John E James and Percy James1940
- 5West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: S M James, Eva James and F C James1940
- 6West 16th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; six people: N V James, W H James, W James and three more1940
- 7West 2nd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; seven people: E James, Mrs E L James, Mrs V B James and four more1940
- 8West Pender StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Frank James, H James and W B James1940
- 9Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Marpole; two people: Dr E S James and F A R James1940
- 10Cartier StreetTwo addresses in Marpole; two people: A E James and G L James1940
- 11East 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: C H James and W James1940
- 12East 19th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; four people: J James, Albert H James, James and one more1940
64 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Balaclava Street (1), Bidwell Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Bute Street (1), Carnarvon Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Culloden Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (2), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Fremlin Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Haro Street (2), Hawks Avenue (1), Hornby Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kingsway (1), Macdonald Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Miller Street (1), Monmouth Avenue (1), Oak Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Powell Street (1), Richards Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Tyne Street (1), Victoria Drive (2), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (2), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (2), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 105 addresses, 34 still have their buildings from before 1946, 25 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 46; each street's page names them.
The book of the Jameses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the James 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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Another name, or a house
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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.