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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Newtons

In the city directories 1940 · 49 addresses on 46 streets

The directories print the Newton name at 49 addresses on 46 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 Newtons 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. Hastings-Sunrise8 addresses
  2. Kitsilano8 addresses
  3. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  4. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  5. West End4 addresses
  6. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  7. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  8. Riley Park3 addresses
  9. Downtown2 addresses
  10. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  11. Fairview1 address
  12. Kerrisdale1 address
  13. Marpole1 address
  14. Sunset1 address
  15. Victoria-Fraserview1 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 Hastings-Sunrise; seven people: C Newton, D Newton and Constance M Newton, and four more
    1940
  2. 2
    East 36th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: G J Newton and J Newton
    1940
  3. 3
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: H H Newton and Betty O Newton
    1940
  4. 4
    Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: C A Newton
    1940
  5. 5
    Aberdeen StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: P Newton and Gladys Newton
    1940
  6. 6
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; two people: Edith M Newton and Miss E M Newton
    1940
  7. 7
    Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; two people: H Newton and Marguerite Newton
    1940
  8. 8
    Cambridge StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; three people: Jane V Newton, Miss J V Newton and Sarah A Newton
    1940
  9. 9
    Dunsmuir StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: J Newton
    1940
  10. 10
    East 11th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; two people: P Newton and Vira Newton
    1940
  11. 11
    East 13th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs F Newton
    1940
  12. 12
    East 18th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J T Newton and William K Newton
    1940

34 more streets, by name: East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Georgia Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Grant Street (1), Larch Street (1), Morton Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Robson Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Wenonah Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 72nd Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), Windsor Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 49 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 17; each street's page names them.

The book of the Newtons

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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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.