A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Knights
In the city directories 1940 · 72 addresses on 58 streets
The directories print the Knight name at 72 addresses on 58 streets in 1940, in 18 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 Knights lived
- Kitsilano13 addresses
- West End9 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Downtown4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- South Cambie4 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Marpole1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; nine people: Mrs C J Knight, R E Knight and Gordon Knight, and six more1940
- 2West 15th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: Mrs F E Knight, Frederick V Knight and William Knight1940
- 3Blenheim StreetTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: C H Knight and J W Knight1940
- 4Dundas StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; five people: Mrs D Knight, Charles W Knight and Elsie P Knight, and two more1940
- 5East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: A Knight and W W Knight1940
- 6East 45th AvenueTwo addresses in Killarney; two people: J Knight and W G Knight1940
- 7Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Hubert E Knight, Knight (no first name printed) and P Knight1940
- 8Point Grey RoadTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: R E Knight and William J Knight1940
- 9West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; six people: A R Knight, F E Knight and Frank A C Knight, and three more1940
- 10West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: A Knight and Mrs C Knight1940
- 11West 19th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: H W Knight, S F Knight and Harry M Knight, and one more1940
- 12West 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and South Cambie; two people: H Knight and R J Knight1940
46 more streets, by name: Beatrice Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Comox Street (1), Connaught Drive (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), Guelph Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Howe Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kingsway (1), Kitchener Street (1), Main Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Powell Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Georgia Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 72 addresses, 28 still have their buildings from before 1946, 22 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.
The book of the Knights
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Knight 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 K. Want a name removed? Tell us.