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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Webbs

In the city directories 1940 · 71 addresses on 62 streets

The directories print the Webb name at 71 addresses on 62 streets in 1940, in 17 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 Webbs 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. West End9 addresses
  2. Downtown8 addresses
  3. Kitsilano8 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage7 addresses
  5. Mount Pleasant6 addresses
  6. Dunbar-Southlands5 addresses
  7. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  8. Fairview4 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  10. Riley Park4 addresses
  11. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  13. Sunset2 addresses
  14. West Point Grey2 addresses
  15. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  16. South Cambie1 address
  17. 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
    Bute StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: G E Webb and George E Webb
    1940
  2. 2
    Cypress StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano and Kerrisdale; three people: C J Webb, Archibald L Webb and Iris L Webb
    1940
  3. 3
    Davie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: G E Webb and Joseph Webb
    1940
  4. 4
    East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: E F Webb and George H Webb
    1940
  5. 5
    East 51st AvenueTwo addresses in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview; three people: C F Webb, J Webb and Effie L Webb
    1940
  6. 6
    Seymour StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Miss Webb and Thomas Webb
    1940
  7. 7
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: D R Webb, Geoffrey V Webb and Jack C Webb, and one more
    1940
  8. 8
    West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: C Webb and J T Webb
    1940
  9. 9
    West 9th AvenueTwo addresses in West Point Grey; three people: Mrs S W Webb, E S Webb and Lorian N Webb
    1940
  10. 10
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: George Webb
    1940
  11. 11
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: Sid J Webb
    1940
  12. 12
    Carolina StreetOne address in Riley Park; one person: J W Webb
    1940

50 more streets, by name: Churchill Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), Cotton Drive (1), Denman Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 20th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Gothard Street (1), Granville Street (1), Howe Street (1), Inverness Street (1), Larch Street (1), Main Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Oak Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Powell Street (1), Robson Street (1), Sophia Street (1), Spruce Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Vanness Avenue (1), Victoria Drive (1), Wall Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 35th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), William Street (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 71 addresses, 33 still have their buildings from before 1946, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; 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.