A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Shaws
In the city directories 1940 · 137 addresses on 109 streets
The directories print the Shaw name at 137 addresses on 109 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 Shaws lived
- Grandview-Woodland18 addresses
- West End17 addresses
- Downtown11 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise10 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands9 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage9 addresses
- Fairview8 addresses
- Mount Pleasant8 addresses
- Kitsilano6 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood6 addresses
- Shaughnessy6 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Kerrisdale3 addresses
- Marpole3 addresses
- Sunset3 addresses
- South Cambie2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West 12th AvenueFive addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; eleven people: F W Shaw, T Shaw and Blanche W Shaw, and eight more1940
- 2West 7th AvenueFour addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: A Shaw, D H Shaw and Alfred Shaw Jr, and one more1940
- 3East 7th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; three people: C G Shaw, R Shaw and T S Shaw1940
- 4Kitchener StreetThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: F C Shaw, Charlotte W Shaw and George O Shaw, and two more1940
- 5Powell StreetThree addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; three people: B Shaw, Thomas Shaw and William Shaw1940
- 6Broughton StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Elizabeth Shaw and John M Shaw1940
- 7Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Jessie Shaw and Nellie Shaw1940
- 8East 19th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: C Shaw, Mrs P A Shaw and Joseph T Shaw, and two more1940
- 9East 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: J G Shaw and F Shaw1940
- 10East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland; two people: T J Shaw and W G Shaw1940
- 11East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: F J Shaw, J Eric Shaw and W E Shaw1940
- 12East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; two people: D Shaw and Mrs R W Shaw1940
97 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Alexander Street (1), Alma Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Balaclava Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Bute Street (1), Charles Street (1), Clarendon Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 36th Avenue (1), East 44th Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Franklin Street (1), Frederick Street (1), French Street (1), Garden Drive (1), Gilford Street (1), Granville Street (2), Harwood Street (2), Hornby Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Joyce Street (1), Kaslo Street (1), Keefer Street (2), Laurel Street (1), Lime Street (1), Maple Street (1), McLean Drive (1), Minto Crescent (1), Monmouth Avenue (1), Montcalm Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Osler Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Parker Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Quilchena Crescent (1), Richelieu Avenue (1), Robson Street (2), Rupert Street (1), Seymour Street (2), Trafalgar Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Victoria Drive (1), Walnut Street (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 40th Avenue (1), West 43rd Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (2), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), William Street (1), Woodland Drive (2).
Today
By the City's record, of the 137 addresses, 51 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 38 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 47; each street's page names them.
The book of the Shaws
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Shaw 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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.