A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Myerses
In the city directories 1940 · 53 addresses on 45 streets
The directories print the Myers name at 53 addresses on 45 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Meyers and Mayers. 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 Myerses lived
- Downtown11 addresses
- West Point Grey7 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Kerrisdale3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kitsilano2 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- West End2 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands1 address
- Fairview1 address
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
- Shaughnessy1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 15th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: B Myers, Jean E Myers and Rupt D Myers1940
- 2Burrard StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Albert B Myers, Clinton Myers and Mrs Edwina Meyers1940
- 3East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: A Myers and Louis Meyers1940
- 4Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: John Myers and L A Myers1940
- 5Helmcken StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Hazel O Myers and Myers1940
- 6Keefer StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: Julius Myers and Sylvester Meyers1940
- 7West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: C R Myers, J H Myers and Alex Myers1940
- 8Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; three people: Howard Mayers, J Mayers and R Mayers1940
- 9Atlin StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: R Myers1940
- 10Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: L A Myers1940
- 11Blenheim StreetOne address in Kitsilano; two people: Miss V I Meyers and Vera I Meyers1940
- 12Cambie StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: George Myers1940
33 more streets, by name: Commercial Street (1), Drummond Drive (1), Duke Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), French Street (1), Grant Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Larch Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Montcalm Street (1), Parker Street (1), Powell Street (1), Princess Avenue (1), Trinity Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 53 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.
The book of the Myerses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Myers 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.