A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Slaters
In the city directories 1940 · 40 addresses on 35 streets
The directories print the Slater name at 40 addresses on 35 streets in 1940, in twelve 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 Slaters lived
- Grandview-Woodland9 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
- Downtown5 addresses
- Riley Park4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- West End3 addresses
- Kitsilano2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Mount Pleasant1 address
- Strathcona1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Victoria DriveThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Victoria-Fraserview; three people: F K Slater, F W Slater and William H Slater1940
- 2East 24th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: B Slater and J D Slater1940
- 3Melville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: G E Slater and Henry Slatter1940
- 4West 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: J R Slater, Mrs I W Slater and Ken R Slater1940
- 5Beatrice StreetOne address in Victoria-Fraserview; one person: H A Slater1940
- 6Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: George Slater1940
- 7Bute StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: R J Slater1940
- 8Commercial StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; four people: Mrs M N Slater, Arthur I Slater and Sheldon H Slater, and one more1940
- 9East 16th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J Slater and William W Slater1940
- 10East 23rd AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Frederick C A Slater1940
- 11East 40th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: E R H Slater and Thomas A Slater1940
- 12East 4th AvenueOne address in Grandview-Woodland; one person: G I Slater1940
23 more streets, by name: East 52nd Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), Howe Street (1), Main Street (1), Napier Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Richards Street (1), Turner Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), William Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 40 addresses, 18 still have their buildings from before 1946, seven have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 15; each street's page names them.
The book of the Slaters
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Slater 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.