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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Watts

In the city directories 1940 · 60 addresses on 54 streets

The directories print the Watt name at 60 addresses on 54 streets in 1940, in 19 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 Watts 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. Downtown8 addresses
  2. Kitsilano8 addresses
  3. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  4. West End6 addresses
  5. Riley Park4 addresses
  6. West Point Grey4 addresses
  7. Kerrisdale3 addresses
  8. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  9. Strathcona3 addresses
  10. Sunset3 addresses
  11. Fairview2 addresses
  12. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  13. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  14. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  15. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  16. Killarney1 address
  17. Marpole1 address
  18. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  19. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

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

  1. 1
    Nelson StreetThree addresses in Downtown and West End; six people: D C Watt, Mrs J A Watt and O Watt, and three more
    1940
  2. 2
    Homer StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: E W Watt and Harold Watt
    1940
  3. 3
    West 19th AvenueTwo addresses in Dunbar-Southlands; two people: G J Watt and Watt
    1940
  4. 4
    West 4th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: W D Watt, J Watt and Maude P Watt, and one more
    1940
  5. 5
    West 6th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; five people: E W Watt, W Watt and Doreen E Watt, and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: H Watt
    1940
  7. 7
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Watt (no first name printed)
    1940
  8. 8
    Cambie StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: James Watt
    1940
  9. 9
    Cypress StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: W P Watt
    1940
  10. 10
    Davie StreetOne address in West End; three people: Mae A Watt, Miss N Watt and Nan Watt
    1940
  11. 11
    Denman StreetOne address in West End; one person: C R Watt
    1940
  12. 12
    Dunsmuir StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: T J Watt
    1940

42 more streets, by name: East 12th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 31st Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 65th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Kitchener Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), Main Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Quilchena Crescent (1), Taunton Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Vine Street (1), Wallace Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 45th Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 59th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Pender Street (1), Woodland Drive (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 60 addresses, 23 still have their buildings from before 1946, 18 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 19; 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.