A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Paynes
In the city directories 1940 · 42 addresses on 33 streets
The directories print the Payne name at 42 addresses on 33 streets in 1940, in 18 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 Paynes lived
- Renfrew-Collingwood7 addresses
- Mount Pleasant6 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
- Downtown3 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Kitsilano3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- Strathcona1 address
- Victoria-Fraserview1 address
- West End1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East BroadwayThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: C E Payne, G V Payne and H C Payne1940
- 2Dumfries StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; two people: H L Payne and W J Payne1940
- 3East 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: Mrs A Payne, R W Payne and George W Payne1940
- 4Payne StreetTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; four people: F Payne, T Payne and Mabel E Payne, and one more1940
- 5Vanness AvenueTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: H T Payne and W Payne1940
- 6West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; two people: H Payne and Ron H Payne1940
- 7West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; two people: Annie Payne and William Payne1940
- 8West BroadwayTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: J H Payne, R Payne and Mrs Cath L Payne1940
- 9Archimedes StreetOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: H Payne and Lily Payne1940
- 10Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Joseph Payne1940
- 11East 15th AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: W Payne1940
- 12East 16th AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: G Payne1940
21 more streets, by name: East 31st Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Howe Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Powell Street (1), Rae Avenue (1), Turner Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 42 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 16; each street's page names them.
The book of the Paynes
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Payne 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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.