A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Lindsays
In the city directories 1940 · 45 addresses on 41 streets
The directories print the Lindsay name at 45 addresses on 41 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Lindsays lived
- Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
- West End6 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
- Downtown3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Kitsilano2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Killarney1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Dunbar StreetTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: A G Lindsay and Mertie Lindsay1940
- 2East 46th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview; five people: J R Lindsay, J W Lindsay, Arlene A J Lindsay and two more1940
- 3West 19th AvenueTwo addresses in South Cambie and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: R Lindsay, F Q Lindsay and Pearl Lindsay1940
- 4West Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Alex Lindsay and Stuart Lindsay1940
- 5Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: C Lindsay1940
- 6Beach AvenueOne address in West End; three people: Mrs C A Lindsay, Allan G Lindsay and Harry A Lindsay1940
- 7Berkeley StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: W G Lindsay1940
- 8Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: J Lindsay1940
- 9Commercial DriveOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: W Lindsay1940
- 10East 12th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: J V Lindsay1940
- 11East 14th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: C P Lindsay1940
- 12East 23rd AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: W Lindsay and Harold W Lindsay1940
29 more streets, by name: East 41st Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), Franklin Street (1), Guelph Street (1), Haro Street (1), Highgate Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Knight Street (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Lillooet Street (1), Main Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Olympic Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Powell Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Turner Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 47th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 45 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 17; each street's page names them.
The book of the Lindsays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Lindsay 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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.