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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Osbornes

In the city directories 1940 · 48 addresses on 42 streets

The directories print the Osborne name at 48 addresses on 42 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Osborn. 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 Osbornes 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. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  2. Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
  3. Downtown5 addresses
  4. Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
  5. Kitsilano4 addresses
  6. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  8. West End3 addresses
  9. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  10. Fairview2 addresses
  11. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  13. Riley Park1 address
  14. Shaughnessy1 address
  15. South Cambie1 address
  16. Strathcona1 address
  17. 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
    Commercial DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: A Osborne, H G Osborne and Mrs M E Osborne
    1940
  2. 2
    East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: A Osborn and W E Osborn
    1940
  3. 3
    East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: John Osborne and Sarah Osborn
    1940
  4. 4
    Franklin StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: A J Osborn, Mrs I Osborn and Lillian M Osborn
    1940
  5. 5
    KingswayTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: H G Osborne and Lillian R Osborne
    1940
  6. 6
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: W G H Osborne and Dorothy Osborne
    1940
  7. 7
    East 10th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: William Osborn
    1940
  8. 8
    East 12th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: Leonard F Osborne, Sarah J Osborne and Stan A Osborne
    1940
  9. 9
    East 17th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: H Osborne
    1940
  10. 10
    East 35th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: L Osborne
    1940
  11. 11
    East 40th AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: Mrs S Osborne, Florence Osborne and Ray Osborne
    1940
  12. 12
    Fairmont StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: J Osborne
    1940

30 more streets, by name: Fraser Street (1), Grant Street (1), Granville Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Hornby Street (1), James Street (1), Lakewood Street (1), Maple Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Venables Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 48 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, eleven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; 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.