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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Longs

In the city directories 1940 · 55 addresses on 46 streets

The directories print the Long name at 55 addresses on 46 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 Longs 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. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  3. Fairview5 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  5. West End5 addresses
  6. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  7. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  8. Kitsilano3 addresses
  9. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  10. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  11. Mount Pleasant2 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  13. Kerrisdale1 address
  14. Riley Park1 address
  15. Strathcona1 address
  16. Sunset1 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
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown; four people: B G Long, G R Long and M J Long, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Chambers StreetTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: G S Long and S Long
    1940
  3. 3
    East 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: L T Long and Mrs S M Long
    1940
  4. 4
    East 38th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: F G Long and James H Long
    1940
  5. 5
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; three people: D J Long, John Long and William Long
    1940
  6. 6
    Nicola StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: D F Long, Mrs Dorothy F Long and Victoria M Long
    1940
  7. 7
    West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Yee Long and Richard Long
    1940
  8. 8
    Charles StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; one person: W C Long
    1940
  9. 9
    Chatham StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: Syd G Long
    1940
  10. 10
    Dumfries StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: C J Long and Leonard Long
    1940
  11. 11
    East 13th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: H R Long
    1940
  12. 12
    East 47th AvenueOne address in Sunset; two people: Laura L Long and Miss L L Long
    1940

34 more streets, by name: East 49th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Pender Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Homer Street (1), James Street (1), Napier Street (1), Osler Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Parker Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Robson Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Triumph Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 55 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.

The book of the Longs

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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.