A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Warrens
In the city directories 1940 · 50 addresses on 42 streets
The directories print the Warren name at 50 addresses on 42 streets in 1940, in 14 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 Warrens lived
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage9 addresses
- Kitsilano5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Downtown4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland4 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Shaughnessy1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Argyle StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A J Warren and M J Warren1940
- 2East 21st AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: Mrs M A Warren, Frederick W Warren, Howard J Warren and two more1940
- 3East 28th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: I A Warren and J H Warren1940
- 4Victoria DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: V A Warren and W Warren1940
- 5West 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; four people: W E Warren, Florence L Warren, H W Warren and one more1940
- 6West 40th AvenueTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: D F Warren and G M Warren1940
- 7West 4th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kitsilano; two people: S Warren and F Warren1940
- 8West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; two people: A Warren and R Warren1940
- 9Alder StreetOne address in Fairview; one person: H Warren1940
- 10Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: Mrs Dorothy Warren1940
- 11Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; two people: C H Warren and Edith F Warren1940
- 12Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Muriel I Warren1940
30 more streets, by name: Beatrice Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Davie Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 52nd Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Elm Street (1), Fraser Street (1), Gladstone Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Knight Street (1), Main Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Hastings Street (1), Windsor Street (1), Yukon Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 50 addresses, 14 still have their buildings from before 1946, 18 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 18; each street's page names them.
The book of the Warrens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Warren 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.