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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The O'Briens

In the city directories 1940 · 61 addresses on 48 streets

The directories print the O'Brien name at 61 addresses on 48 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling O'brien. 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 O'Briens 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. Downtown12 addresses
  2. West End9 addresses
  3. Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
  4. Kitsilano6 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  8. Strathcona3 addresses
  9. Fairview2 addresses
  10. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  11. West Point Grey2 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  13. Dunbar-Southlands1 address
  14. Marpole1 address
  15. Mount Pleasant1 address
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  17. Riley Park1 address
  18. Sunset1 address

Where the name was printed

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

  1. 1
    Bute StreetThree addresses in West End; four people: Helen F O'Brien, M J O'Brien, Michael J O'Brien and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Balsam StreetTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; four people: Mrs M N O'Brien, Elizabeth M O'Brien, Elizabeth P O'Brien and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    Bidwell StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: Mrs E O'Brien, Edward G O'Brien, Jesse D O'Brien and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    East 34th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs A L O'Brien and Mrs R O'Brien
    1940
  5. 5
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: John O'Brien and Joseph O'Brien
    1940
  6. 6
    Main StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: Barbara O'Brien and Patrick O'Brien
    1940
  7. 7
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: M C O'Brien, Mrs M O'Brien and Stan O'Brien
    1940
  8. 8
    Parker StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: J O'Brien and Beatrice E O'Brien
    1940
  9. 9
    Seymour StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: C O'Brien and Victor O'Brien
    1940
  10. 10
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: Bertha J O'Brien, Caroline M O'Brien and Miss B J O'Brien
    1940
  11. 11
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: E H O'Brien and John O'Brien
    1940
  12. 12
    West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: S W O'Brien and Patrick O'Brien
    1940

36 more streets, by name: Angus Drive (1), Beach Avenue (1), Cambridge Street (1), Davie Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Findlay Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Garden Drive (1), Hamilton Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Montcalm Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Robson Street (1), Stamford Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Water Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), William Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 61 addresses, 24 still have their buildings from before 1946, 14 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 O. Want a name removed? Tell us.