A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Manns
In the city directories 1940 · 51 addresses on 41 streets
The directories print the Mann name at 51 addresses on 41 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Man. 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 Manns lived
- Downtown8 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- Mount Pleasant5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- West End4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Marpole1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East Pender StreetFour addresses in Downtown, Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; four people: Nam Man, A R Mann and Chu Man, and one more1940
- 2West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; nine people: L Mann, S Mann and W Mann, and six more1940
- 3Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: H L Mann and Mann (no first name printed)1940
- 4East 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: W A Mann and Edward C Mann1940
- 5East 27th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: C J Mann and J A Mann1940
- 6Marguerite StreetTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; four people: W Mann, Aileen E Mann and Clarence W J Mann, and one more1940
- 7West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: A R Mann and J Mann1940
- 8Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: Gus Mann1940
- 9Balaclava StreetOne address in Kitsilano; three people: J B Mann, Leonard G Mann and William A Mann1940
- 10Davie StreetOne address in West End; one person: Thomas Mann1940
- 11East 23rd AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: C W Mann1940
- 12East 63rd AvenueOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: Valentine Mann1940
29 more streets, by name: East Broadway (1), East Cordova Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Eton Street (1), Granville Street (1), Heatley Avenue (1), Homer Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Lime Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Oak Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Renfrew Street (1), Smithe Street (1), Union Street (1), Venables Street (1), Walden Street (1), Water Street (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 51 addresses, 22 still have their buildings from before 1946, nine have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.
The book of the Manns
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Mann 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.