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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lawsons

In the city directories 1940 · 59 addresses on 49 streets

The directories print the Lawson name at 59 addresses on 49 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 Lawsons 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. Downtown10 addresses
  2. West End8 addresses
  3. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  4. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  6. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  7. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  8. Kitsilano3 addresses
  9. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  10. Strathcona3 addresses
  11. Sunset3 addresses
  12. Fairview2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  15. Killarney1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Victoria-Fraserview1 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 12th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: C H Lawson, G Lawson and Wilfred Lawson
    1940
  2. 2
    Davie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: James M Lawson and Lew Lawson
    1940
  3. 3
    East 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: G W Lawson and R A Lawson
    1940
  4. 4
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: J B Lawson, Mrs E Lawson and Doris E Lawson
    1940
  5. 5
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: L H Lawson and Frederick Lawson
    1940
  6. 6
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; three people: C R Lawson, Gordon H L Lawson and James W Lawson
    1940
  7. 7
    Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Criss Lawson and R G Lawson
    1940
  8. 8
    Trinity StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: R Lawson and T S Lawson
    1940
  9. 9
    West 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: A E Lawson and A S Lawson
    1940
  10. 10
    Adanac StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: A Lawson and William A Lawson
    1940
  11. 11
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; two people: J H Lawson and Robert G Lawson
    1940
  12. 12
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; three people: Mrs T Lawson, Dorothy M Lawson and Margaret A Lawson
    1940

37 more streets, by name: Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Cassiar Street (1), Drake Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 65th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Haro Street (1), Howe Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Vine Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 59 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, twelve have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 28; each street's page names them.

The book of the Lawsons

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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.