A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Spencers
In the city directories 1940 · 59 addresses on 48 streets
The directories print the Spencer name at 59 addresses on 48 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 Spencers lived
- Downtown10 addresses
- West End6 addresses
- Kitsilano5 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
- Strathcona4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Shaughnessy3 addresses
- West Point Grey3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- Kerrisdale1 address
- Mount Pleasant1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- South Cambie1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: E Spencer, H Spencer and H V Spencer, and one more1940
- 2Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: W R Spencer and Elsie M Spencer1940
- 3Burrard StreetTwo addresses in West End and Downtown; two people: G Spencer and Mrs V Spencer1940
- 4East Georgia StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; two people: John H Spencer and William Spencer1940
- 5East Hastings StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Strathcona; two people: Bailey Spencer and James Spencer1940
- 6Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Corsets Spencer and W R Spencer1940
- 7Keefer StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: Andrew Spencer and Lambert Spencer1940
- 8KingswayTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: T Spencer and Mrs C Spencer1940
- 9Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Marie Spencer, Miss M Spencer and Mrs Bernadette Spencer1940
- 10West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: F R Spencer, Joan Spencer and Robert A Spencer1940
- 11Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mildred Spencer1940
- 12Blanca StreetOne address in West Point Grey; one person: G J Spencer1940
36 more streets, by name: Clarendon Street (1), Commercial Drive (1), Davie Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 46th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Grant Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Langara Avenue (1), Nelson Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Pine Crescent (1), Seymour Street (1), Slocan Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 49th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1), Windsor Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 59 addresses, 25 still have their buildings from before 1946, nine have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 25; each street's page names them.
The book of the Spencers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Spencer 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.