A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Ryans
In the city directories 1940 · 51 addresses on 43 streets
The directories print the Ryan name at 51 addresses on 43 streets in 1940, in 16 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 Ryans lived
- West End7 addresses
- Downtown6 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
- Strathcona4 addresses
- West Point Grey4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Kitsilano2 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Riley Park1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: Mrs R Ryan and Faith Ryan1940
- 2East 55th AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset; two people: J C Ryan and Dorothy Ryan1940
- 3East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; three people: H Ryan, C H Ryan and Dorothy M Ryan1940
- 4East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: E H Ryan and John Ryan1940
- 5Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: C A Ryan and Eddy Ryan1940
- 6Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Florence N Ryan and Mary Ryan1940
- 7Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: E Ryan and Thomas Ryan1940
- 8West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: Grace Ryan, Kathleen F Ryan and Thomas F Ryan1940
- 9Angus DriveOne address in Marpole; one person: P Ryan1940
- 10Bayswater StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: H P Ryan1940
- 11Blenheim StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; one person: C P Ryan1940
- 12Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs M L Ryan1940
31 more streets, by name: Carrall Street (1), Collingwood Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Comox Street (1), Cypress Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), Fleming Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Oak Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Powell Street (1), Sasamat Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 63rd Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 51 addresses, 20 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 18; each street's page names them.
The book of the Ryans
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Ryan 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.