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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Moffats

In the city directories 1940 · 50 addresses on 43 streets

The directories print the Moffat name at 50 addresses on 43 streets in 1940, in 15 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Moffatt. 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 Moffats 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. Kitsilano9 addresses
  2. Grandview-Woodland7 addresses
  3. West End5 addresses
  4. Downtown4 addresses
  5. Fairview4 addresses
  6. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  8. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  9. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  10. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  11. Riley Park2 addresses
  12. West Point Grey2 addresses
  13. Dunbar-Southlands1 address
  14. Marpole1 address
  15. Shaughnessy1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Adanac StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: R P Moffat and W A Moffat
    1940
  2. 2
    Davie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: B D Moffatt, John W Moffatt, Miss V Moffatt and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    East 29th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: J B Moffat, Eleanor M Moffat, Eleanor S Moffat and two more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: G C Moffat, W Moffat, Irene S Moffat and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 48th AvenueTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; four people: C E Moffat, W J Moffatt, James F Moffatt and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    West 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: J A Moffat, Mrs M Moffatt, Lloyd R Moffatt and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    West BroadwayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; two people: Mrs C Moffat and Mrs E Moffat
    1940
  8. 8
    Burrard StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: James S Moffat
    1940
  9. 9
    Cambridge StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; two people: John P Moffat and Margaret Moffat
    1940
  10. 10
    Clarendon StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: H Moffat and Richard H Moffat
    1940
  11. 11
    Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; two people: J G Moffatt and Leighton C Moffatt
    1940
  12. 12
    Denman StreetOne address in West End; one person: Marion E Moffat
    1940

31 more streets, by name: East 1st Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Fleming Street (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Oak Street (1), Park Drive (1), Point Grey Road (1), Richards Street (1), Robson Street (1), Ross Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), William Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 50 addresses, 15 still have their buildings from before 1946, twelve have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 23; each street's page names them.

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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.