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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Montgomerys

In the city directories 1940 · 70 addresses on 56 streets

The directories print the Montgomery name at 70 addresses on 56 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Montgomary. 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 Montgomerys 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. Fairview9 addresses
  2. Downtown8 addresses
  3. Mount Pleasant8 addresses
  4. West End7 addresses
  5. Kitsilano5 addresses
  6. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  7. Sunset5 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  9. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  10. West Point Grey4 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  13. Riley Park2 addresses
  14. Strathcona2 addresses
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  16. South Cambie1 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 StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: Dr J A Montgomery, M Montgomery and Robert Montgomery
    1940
  2. 2
    Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; two people: D S Montgomery and G Montgomery
    1940
  3. 3
    Broughton StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: W M Montgomery and Jessie Montgomery
    1940
  4. 4
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: A G Montgomery, Mary Montgomery and Miss M Montgomery
    1940
  5. 5
    East 4th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: Mrs E Montgomery, David Montgomery, Harold Montgomery and one more
    1940
  6. 6
    East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; two people: Alex Montgomery and Thomas Montgomery
    1940
  7. 7
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; two people: J W Montgomery and Elizabeth Montgomary
    1940
  8. 8
    Fraser StreetTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: C E Montgomery and Erven Montgomery
    1940
  9. 9
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in West Point Grey; two people: G R Montgomery and W E Montgomery
    1940
  10. 10
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; five people: W Montgomery, Clara Montgomery, James Montgomery and two more
    1940
  11. 11
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: R S Montgomery and Alice Montgomery
    1940
  12. 12
    West 6th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: R Montgomery, Marjorie Montgomery and Ray Montgomery
    1940

44 more streets, by name: Aberdeen Street (1), Alder Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cambridge Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Cypress Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Gilford Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Heather Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Howe Street (1), Larch Street (1), Main Street (1), Manitoba Street (1), McGill Street (1), Osler Street (1), Princess Avenue (1), Seymour Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), Windsor Street (2).

Today

By the City's record, of the 70 addresses, 26 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 30; 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.