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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Perrys

In the city directories 1940 · 92 addresses on 77 streets

The directories print the Perry name at 92 addresses on 77 streets in 1940, in 19 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 Perrys 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. Grandview-Woodland11 addresses
  2. Kitsilano11 addresses
  3. Downtown10 addresses
  4. Fairview9 addresses
  5. West End8 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant7 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  9. Riley Park5 addresses
  10. Strathcona4 addresses
  11. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  14. Sunset2 addresses
  15. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  16. West Point Grey2 addresses
  17. Marpole1 address
  18. Shaughnessy1 address
  19. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

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

  1. 1
    Granville StreetFour addresses in Downtown and Fairview; five people: H H Perry, I M Perry and Arnold P Perry, and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 10th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; three people: C W Perry, G Perry and W W Perry
    1940
  3. 3
    West 8th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: M T Perry, R J Perry and Alfred J Perry
    1940
  4. 4
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: S H Perry and Lucille Perry
    1940
  5. 5
    East 47th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview; two people: A Perry and Mary E Perry
    1940
  6. 6
    Melville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: J W Perry and Ernest Perry
    1940
  7. 7
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: E Perry and John A Perry
    1940
  8. 8
    Odlum DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: A G Perry, W J Perry and Elinor A Perry
    1940
  9. 9
    Quebec StreetTwo addresses in Riley Park; four people: W H Perry, D Norman Perry and Frederick Perry, and one more
    1940
  10. 10
    West 26th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: Phyllis Perry and Syd J Perry
    1940
  11. 11
    West 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: Frank Perry and Louis P Perry
    1940
  12. 12
    Bayswater StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: A H Perry
    1940

65 more streets, by name: Charles Street (1), Chilco Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Davie Street (1), East 10th Avenue (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 42nd Avenue (1), East 48th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Galt Street (1), Glengyle Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Haro Street (1), Henry Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), Marguerite Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Nicola Street (1), Ogden Avenue (1), Ontario Street (1), Parker Street (1), Prior Street (1), Robson Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 46th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 92 addresses, 34 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 41; each street's page names them.

The book of the Perrys

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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.