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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Prices

In the city directories 1940 · 77 addresses on 69 streets

The directories print the Price name at 77 addresses on 69 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 Prices 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 Cottage12 addresses
  2. Downtown10 addresses
  3. Kitsilano7 addresses
  4. West End6 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  6. Mount Pleasant5 addresses
  7. West Point Grey5 addresses
  8. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  9. Marpole4 addresses
  10. Strathcona4 addresses
  11. Fairview3 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
  13. Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  15. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  16. Kerrisdale1 address
  17. Oakridge1 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 StreetThree addresses in Downtown and Fairview; four people: Blodwen Price, L Price and Miss B Price, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    East Cordova StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; two people: J Price and Peter Price
    1940
  3. 3
    KingswayTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: A Price, Charles Price and Jessie M Price
    1940
  4. 4
    Robson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Mrs E M Price and William Price
    1940
  5. 5
    West 34th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: L T Price and Silas R Price
    1940
  6. 6
    West 6th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: A E Price, Mrs M A Price and Marjorie L Price, and one more
    1940
  7. 7
    West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; two people: C Price and Leo E Price
    1940
  8. 8
    Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: Robert Price
    1940
  9. 9
    Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: Ruby Price
    1940
  10. 10
    Blenheim StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; three people: D T Price, Gwladys Price and Mona Price
    1940
  11. 11
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Waterhouse Price
    1940
  12. 12
    Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs Annie F Price
    1940

57 more streets, by name: Campbell Avenue (1), Cardero Street (1), Comox Street (1), Culloden Street (1), Davie Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 33rd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 61st Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elm Street (1), Eton Street (1), Garden Drive (1), Hamilton Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Henry Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Main Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Oak Street (1), Olympic Street (1), Ontario Street (1), Osler Street (1), Richards Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Vine Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 71st Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Cordova Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 77 addresses, 22 still have their buildings from before 1946, 29 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 26; each street's page names them.

The book of the Prices

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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.