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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Taits

In the city directories 1940 · 59 addresses on 47 streets

The directories print the Tait name at 59 addresses on 47 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 Taits 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. Kitsilano9 addresses
  2. West End9 addresses
  3. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  4. Downtown5 addresses
  5. Riley Park5 addresses
  6. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  7. Marpole4 addresses
  8. Fairview3 addresses
  9. West Point Grey3 addresses
  10. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  11. South Cambie2 addresses
  12. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  13. Grandview-Woodland1 address
  14. Hastings-Sunrise1 address
  15. Mount Pleasant1 address
  16. Strathcona1 address
  17. Sunset1 address
  18. Victoria-Fraserview1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: Eva Tait, F H Tait, Frank Tait and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Chester Tait and William H Tait
    1940
  3. 3
    Commercial StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J Tait and W R Tait
    1940
  4. 4
    Comox StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: R Tait and G Percy Tait
    1940
  5. 5
    East 18th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: L B Tait and John H Tait
    1940
  6. 6
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Marpole; three people: Mrs F Tait, Philip A Tait and R M Tait
    1940
  7. 7
    Robson StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: H N Tait and R Tait
    1940
  8. 8
    Rupert StreetTwo addresses in Renfrew-Collingwood; five people: H C Tait, J M Tait, James T Tait and two more
    1940
  9. 9
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: A W Tait and Mary Tait
    1940
  10. 10
    West 1st AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; three people: Nelson Tait, R F Tait and R F Tait
    1940
  11. 11
    West 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: C Tait, Helen Tait and Jean G Tait
    1940
  12. 12
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs Ethel Tait
    1940

35 more streets, by name: Alma Street (1), Angus Drive (1), Bayswater Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 39th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), Gilford Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Powell Street (1), Richards Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 59 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 26; each street's page names them.

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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 T. Want a name removed? Tell us.