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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jamiesons

In the city directories 1940 · 78 addresses on 65 streets

The directories print the Jamieson name at 78 addresses on 65 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Jameson and Jamison. 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 Jamiesons 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. Kensington-Cedar Cottage10 addresses
  2. Downtown8 addresses
  3. West End8 addresses
  4. Kitsilano7 addresses
  5. Fairview6 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  7. Renfrew-Collingwood5 addresses
  8. Riley Park5 addresses
  9. West Point Grey5 addresses
  10. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  12. Marpole3 addresses
  13. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  14. Sunset2 addresses
  15. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  16. Killarney1 address
  17. Oakridge1 address
  18. Shaughnessy1 address
  19. Strathcona1 address

Where the name was printed

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  1. 1
    East 6th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; four people: J T Jamieson, J W Jamieson, R Jamieson and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Granville StreetThree addresses in Downtown, Fairview and Kerrisdale; six people: F T Jamieson, J B Jamieson, Leslie F Jamieson and three more
    1940
  3. 3
    East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: G A Jamieson and G W Jamieson
    1940
  4. 4
    East 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: M G Jamieson, W Jamieson, June B Jamieson and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    East King Edward AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: A E Jamieson and John A M Jameson
    1940
  6. 6
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Frederick Jamieson and H Jamieson
    1940
  7. 7
    Seymour StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: G Jameson and L F Jamieson
    1940
  8. 8
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: Mrs L K Jameson, R B Jamieson and Geoffrey M Jameson
    1940
  9. 9
    West 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: G T Jamieson, Mrs K J F Jamieson, John V Jamieson and one more
    1940
  10. 10
    West 22nd AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; five people: M Jamieson, A Jamieson, James Jamieson and two more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 2nd AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; six people: B Jamieson, H G Jamieson, Alex I Jamieson and three more
    1940
  12. 12
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: Harold F H Jamieson
    1940

53 more streets, by name: Alexander Street (1), Balaclava Street (1), Birch Street (1), Blanca Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Chester Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Comox Street (1), Dundas Street (1), Dundee Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 62nd Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Henry Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Kingsway (1), Laurel Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Pendrell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Water Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 61st Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 70th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), Windermere Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 78 addresses, 32 still have their buildings from before 1946, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 30; each street's page names them.

The book of the Jamiesons

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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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.