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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lambs

In the city directories 1940 · 50 addresses on 44 streets

The directories print the Lamb name at 50 addresses on 44 streets in 1940, in 17 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 Lambs 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 Cottage9 addresses
  2. Shaughnessy6 addresses
  3. Kitsilano5 addresses
  4. West End5 addresses
  5. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  6. Downtown3 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  9. Fairview2 addresses
  10. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  11. Killarney2 addresses
  12. Riley Park2 addresses
  13. Kerrisdale1 address
  14. Mount Pleasant1 address
  15. Oakridge1 address
  16. Strathcona1 address
  17. Sunset1 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 5th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; six people: Mrs S E Lamb, Bessie Lamb and Reginald Lamb, and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; two people: A M Lamb and J Lamb
    1940
  3. 3
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: G K Lamb and Valerie Lamb
    1940
  4. 4
    Trinity StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; five people: A Lamb, Mrs H Lamb and Helen R Lamb, and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: J A Lamb and Mrs M Lamb
    1940
  6. 6
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: E H Lamb
    1940
  7. 7
    Beach AvenueOne address in West End; one person: R B Lamb
    1940
  8. 8
    Bruce StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J J Lamb and Frederick C W Lamb
    1940
  9. 9
    Commercial StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: N H Lamb
    1940
  10. 10
    East 13th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A McM Lamb and Alex C Lamb
    1940
  11. 11
    East 14th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: Mrs A Lamb, Clement Lamb and Doris Lamb
    1940
  12. 12
    East 20th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: P Lamb and Lawrence E Lamb
    1940

32 more streets, by name: East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 55th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), Euclid Avenue (1), Haro Street (1), Harriet Street (1), Hosmer Avenue (1), Howe Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), McCleery Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Oak Street (1), Osler Street (1), Parker Street (1), Prior Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Water Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 54th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), Wolfe Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 50 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 14; each street's page names them.

The book of the Lambs

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.