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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Porters

In the city directories 1940 · 69 addresses on 54 streets

The directories print the Porter name at 69 addresses on 54 streets in 1940, in 20 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 Porters 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. Mount Pleasant7 addresses
  2. West End7 addresses
  3. Downtown6 addresses
  4. West Point Grey6 addresses
  5. Fairview5 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  7. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  10. Kitsilano4 addresses
  11. Riley Park4 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  13. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  14. Sunset2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Shaughnessy1 address
  18. South Cambie1 address
  19. Strathcona1 address
  20. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

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

  1. 1
    West 13th AvenueFive addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; nine people: E R D Porter, H J Porter and N R Porter, and six more
    1940
  2. 2
    East 45th AvenueThree addresses in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview; four people: A L Porter, W Porter and W S Porter, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    Ontario StreetThree addresses in Mount Pleasant; four people: C F Porter, D Porter and Elizabeth Porter, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 14th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: C W Porter, John Porter and Julia Porter
    1940
  5. 5
    West 8th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; five people: F E Porter, Mrs E Porter and R Porter, and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: W R Porter, Ella A Porter and Miss E E Porter
    1940
  7. 7
    Commercial DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: B Porter and Mrs C Porter
    1940
  8. 8
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; five people: Mrs A A Porter, Eileen G Porter and John Porter, and two more
    1940
  9. 9
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: J Porter
    1940
  10. 10
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; three people: Mrs L A Porter, June Porter and Rosamond F Porter
    1940
  11. 11
    Blenheim StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: J H Porter
    1940
  12. 12
    Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: A H Porter
    1940

42 more streets, by name: Cartier Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Davie Street (1), Earles Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 3rd Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (1), Highbury Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Kamloops Street (1), Larch Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Railway Street (1), Robson Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Smithe Street (1), Venables Street (1), Vine Street (1), Wall Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Windermere Street (1), Woodland Drive (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 69 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 19 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 27; each street's page names them.

The book of the Porters

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The family book reads the Porter 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.