A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Moores
In the city directories 1940 · 233 addresses on 143 streets
The directories print the Moore name at 233 addresses on 143 streets in 1940, in 21 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling More. 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 Moores lived
- West End34 addresses
- Downtown32 addresses
- Mount Pleasant18 addresses
- Kitsilano16 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise15 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands13 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage12 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood12 addresses
- Fairview11 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland9 addresses
- Marpole9 addresses
- Sunset9 addresses
- Kerrisdale8 addresses
- Riley Park7 addresses
- Strathcona6 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview6 addresses
- West Point Grey6 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge4 addresses
- South Cambie3 addresses
- Killarney2 addresses
- Shaughnessy1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1Bute StreetSix addresses in Downtown and West End; nine people: W McC Moore, Dorothy I Moore and Elaine M Moore, and six more1940
- 2Hornby StreetSix addresses in Downtown; six people: B C Moore, J Moore and Mrs M Moore, and three more1940
- 3West 10th AvenueSix addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; eight people: C W Moore, E L Moore and J W Moore, and five more1940
- 4West Georgia StreetSix addresses in Downtown; six people: G F Moore, George Moore and John Moore, and three more1940
- 5Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown and Kerrisdale; five people: H J Moore, Charles F Moore and T H Moore, and two more1940
- 6Barclay StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: H S Moore, Gladys Moore and Nellie Moore, and one more1940
- 7Harwood StreetFour addresses in West End; five people: J T Moore, S A Moore and Alex L Moore, and two more1940
- 8Main StreetFour addresses in Downtown, Strathcona, Riley Park and Sunset; four people: W F Moore, W Moore and Harry Moore, and one more1940
- 9Pendrell StreetFour addresses in West End; four people: W H Moore, Beatrice Moore and Kathleen M Moore, and one more1940
- 10West 13th AvenueFour addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; nine people: C A Moore, Mrs J Moore and Mrs M Moore, and six more1940
- 11Burrard StreetThree addresses in West End and Downtown; five people: H Moore, Dorothy W Moore and Leo Moore, and two more1940
- 12East 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: F T Moore, J E Moore and Mrs M B Moore1940
131 more streets, by name: Alberta Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Atlin Street (1), Bellevue Drive (1), Berkeley Street (1), Blenheim Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Carrall Street (1), Cartier Street (1), Charles Street (2), Chester Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Culloden Street (1), Davie Street (2), Drake Street (1), Duff Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), Dundas Street (2), Dunsmuir Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 11th Avenue (2), East 12th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (2), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (3), East 45th Avenue (2), East 4th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 63rd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (3), East 7th Avenue (2), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (2), East Cordova Street (1), East Georgia Street (2), East Pender Street (3), Franklin Street (3), Fraser Street (1), French Street (1), Glen Drive (1), Grant Street (2), Graveley Street (1), Haro Street (3), Heather Street (1), Hudson Street (2), Jervis Street (2), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (2), Kitchener Street (1), Lancaster Street (2), Lillooet Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Maple Street (1), Melville Street (2), Moss Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nelson Street (3), Nicola Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Ormidale Street (2), Oxford Street (1), Pandora Street (2), Park Drive (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Robson Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Seymour Street (2), Shaughnessy Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Spruce Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Turner Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Walden Street (1), Wales Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (2), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (3), West 15th Avenue (3), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (2), West 22nd Avenue (2), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (2), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (3), West 57th Avenue (2), West 5th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 66th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (2), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (2), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (3), Windermere Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yale Street (1), Yew Street (1), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 233 addresses, 96 still have their buildings from before 1946, two have buildings standing whose year the City doesn't record, 45 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 90; each street's page names them.
The book of the Moores
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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.