A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ramsays
In the city directories 1940 · 54 addresses on 45 streets
The directories print the Ramsay name at 54 addresses on 45 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 Ramsays lived
- West End8 addresses
- Kitsilano7 addresses
- Downtown5 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Mount Pleasant1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East Hastings StreetThree addresses in Strathcona; three people: F Ramsay, Roy Ramsay and William Ramsay1940
- 2Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: T C Ramsay and Elizabeth Ramsay1940
- 3East 41st AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: D C Ramsay, T A Ramsay and R Leslie Ramsay, and one more1940
- 4West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; two people: Mrs F M Ramsay and Alex Ramsay1940
- 5West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; two people: E E Ramsay and Hannah Ramsay1940
- 6West 37th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: Ella Ramsay and Mrs Elizabeth J Ramsay1940
- 7West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: S A Ramsay and John E Ramsay1940
- 8West Pender StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: A Gordon Ramsay and T M Ramsay1940
- 9Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: William Ramsay1940
- 10Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; four people: Mrs M W Ramsay, Eleanor A Ramsay and Ken G Ramsay, and one more1940
- 11Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Margaret A Ramsay1940
- 12Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mabel Ramsay1940
33 more streets, by name: Cardero Street (1), Chestnut Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 29th Avenue (1), East 32nd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Helmcken Street (1), Howe Street (1), Nicola Street (1), North Kootenay Street (1), Oak Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Robson Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Union Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 52nd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), William Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 54 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 25; each street's page names them.
The book of the Ramsays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ramsay 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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.