A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Mansons
In the city directories 1940 · 40 addresses on 39 streets
The directories print the Manson name at 40 addresses on 39 streets in 1940, in 15 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 Mansons lived
- Downtown7 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- Shaughnessy4 addresses
- Riley Park3 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Mount Pleasant2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Strathcona1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: J W Manson and W G Manson1940
- 2Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: John M McP Manson1940
- 3Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: W G Manson1940
- 4Balkan StreetOne address in Riley Park; one person: J Manson1940
- 5Blenheim StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: J B Manson1940
- 6Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs T Manson1940
- 7Carrall StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Manson1940
- 8Collingwood StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: Jessie B Manson1940
- 9Culloden StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A J Manson and Cecil S Manson1940
- 10East 10th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: J W Manson1940
- 11East 27th AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: G G Manson1940
- 12East 32nd AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: A Manson1940
27 more streets, by name: East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Harriet Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Walden Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 40 addresses, 21 still have their buildings from before 1946, seven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists twelve; each street's page names them.
The book of the Mansons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Manson 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.