A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Owens
In the city directories 1940 · 47 addresses on 41 streets
The directories print the Owen name at 47 addresses on 41 streets in 1940, in 17 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 Owens lived
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
- Riley Park7 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- West End3 addresses
- Downtown2 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
- Kitsilano2 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East 20th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: R Owen and Jane Owen1940
- 2East 35th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: B R Owen and T Owen1940
- 3Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: W Owen and John Owen1940
- 4Lanark StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; seven people: G R Owen, R Owen and Agnes Owen, and four more1940
- 5West 17th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: W H Owen and Arthur C Owen1940
- 6West BroadwayTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: J E Owen and James Owen1940
- 7Adanac StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; one person: J Owen1940
- 8Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: H J Owen1940
- 9Cypress StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: A Owen1940
- 10Dumfries StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: R G Owen1940
- 11East 11th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: O C Owen1940
- 12East 14th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: B S Owen1940
29 more streets, by name: East 15th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 51st Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Nanton Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), Oak Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Robson Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 47 addresses, 20 still have their buildings from before 1946, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists eleven; each street's page names them.
The book of the Owens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Owen 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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Another name, or a house
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.