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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Walshes

In the city directories 1940 · 58 addresses on 46 streets

The directories print the Walsh name at 58 addresses on 46 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Walshe. 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 Walshes 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. Downtown9 addresses
  2. West End9 addresses
  3. Kitsilano6 addresses
  4. Fairview4 addresses
  5. Kensington-Cedar Cottage4 addresses
  6. Arbutus Ridge3 addresses
  7. Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  9. Strathcona3 addresses
  10. West Point Grey3 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  12. Marpole2 addresses
  13. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  14. Kerrisdale1 address
  15. Mount Pleasant1 address
  16. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  17. Riley Park1 address
  18. 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
    Pendrell StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: Mrs A M Walsh, Reginald F Walsh and Ruth Walsh
    1940
  2. 2
    West 2nd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; five people: R E Walsh, Clara N Walsh, Mrs C M Walsh and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 7th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Fairview; six people: A P Walsh, E Walsh, Mrs A Walsh and three more
    1940
  4. 4
    Hornby StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Bud Walsh, Ray Walsh and Thomas J Walshe
    1940
  5. 5
    Main StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; two people: Herbert S Walsh and Michael Walsh
    1940
  6. 6
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: E C Walsh and Walsh (no first name printed)
    1940
  7. 7
    Powell StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Grandview-Woodland; two people: Dr W C Walsh and Joseph Walsh
    1940
  8. 8
    Seymour StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: F Walsh and William Walsh
    1940
  9. 9
    West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: Ada Walsh, Allan F Walsh and Mary E Walsh
    1940
  10. 10
    Adera StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: Pat Walsh
    1940
  11. 11
    Angus DriveOne address in Shaughnessy; one person: Isabel Walsh
    1940
  12. 12
    Balsam StreetOne address in Arbutus Ridge; one person: G R Walsh
    1940

34 more streets, by name: Beatrice Street (1), Bute Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Davie Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 23rd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 49th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), Fremlin Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nanaimo Street (1), Nicola Street (1), North Templeton Drive (1), Pine Crescent (1), Water Street (1), Welwyn Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Pender Street (1), Yukon Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 58 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, 18 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 21; each street's page names them.

The book of the Walshes

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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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.