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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Saunderses

In the city directories 1940 · 60 addresses on 55 streets

The directories print the Saunders name at 60 addresses on 55 streets in 1940, in 19 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Sanders. 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 Saunderses 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. Downtown8 addresses
  2. West End7 addresses
  3. Kitsilano6 addresses
  4. Fairview5 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
  6. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  7. West Point Grey4 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  9. Riley Park3 addresses
  10. Shaughnessy3 addresses
  11. South Cambie3 addresses
  12. Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
  13. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  14. Kerrisdale1 address
  15. Killarney1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  18. Strathcona1 address
  19. Sunset1 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 StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: E H Saunders and T F Saunders
    1940
  2. 2
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: J F Sanders and Miss A Saunders
    1940
  3. 3
    Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Victoria-Fraserview; two people: G A Saunders and W H B Saunders
    1940
  4. 4
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; five people: G J Sanders, Edna Sanders, Gisli E Sanders and two more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 34th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: Albert Saunders and Daisy M Saunders
    1940
  6. 6
    Ash StreetOne address in Fairview; one person: Gwen J Saunders
    1940
  7. 7
    Battison StreetOne address in Killarney; three people: D Saunders, Marguerite R Saunders and Owen Saunders
    1940
  8. 8
    Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: F S Saunders
    1940
  9. 9
    Burrard StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs A Sanders
    1940
  10. 10
    Bute StreetOne address in West End; three people: Clara A Sanders, Laura M Sanders and Miss L M Sanders
    1940
  11. 11
    Comox StreetOne address in West End; one person: Margaret Saunders
    1940
  12. 12
    Dunbar StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: E E Saunders
    1940

43 more streets, by name: East 10th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), Galt Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Main Street (1), Maple Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Matthews Avenue (1), Napier Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Richards Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Wales Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 61st Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 60 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 17 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.

The book of the Saunderses

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.