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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Websters

In the city directories 1940 · 78 addresses on 61 streets

The directories print the Webster name at 78 addresses on 61 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 Websters 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. Kensington-Cedar Cottage10 addresses
  2. Fairview9 addresses
  3. West End9 addresses
  4. Downtown8 addresses
  5. Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
  6. Riley Park5 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  8. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  9. West Point Grey4 addresses
  10. Kitsilano3 addresses
  11. Strathcona3 addresses
  12. Sunset3 addresses
  13. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  14. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  15. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  16. Marpole2 addresses
  17. Shaughnessy2 addresses
  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
    East Pender StreetThree addresses in Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: A R Webster, C W Webster and M H Webster
    1940
  2. 2
    Pendrell StreetThree addresses in West End; five people: Mrs D Webster, W R Webster, Gretchen M Webster and two more
    1940
  3. 3
    Sophia StreetThree addresses in Mount Pleasant and Riley Park; three people: W Webster, Norman A Webster and Robert B Webster
    1940
  4. 4
    West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: N J Webster, Alfred Webster and Milton C Webster
    1940
  5. 5
    Fraser StreetTwo addresses in Riley Park and Sunset; two people: A C Webster and S S Webster
    1940
  6. 6
    Glen DriveTwo addresses in Strathcona and Mount Pleasant; two people: Doug T Webster and Lydema Webster
    1940
  7. 7
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: Webster and Webster
    1940
  8. 8
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Florence E Webster and John R Webster
    1940
  9. 9
    Nanaimo StreetTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; five people: H Webster, Margaret Webster, Miss W L Webster and two more
    1940
  10. 10
    Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Agnes Webster, Miss A Webster and Webster
    1940
  11. 11
    West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in West Point Grey; two people: H Webster and Jean B Webster
    1940
  12. 12
    West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; two people: H H Webster and L B Webster
    1940

49 more streets, by name: Adanac Street (1), Alberni Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Bruce Street (1), Carolina Street (1), Cypress Street (1), Dundas Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 22nd Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), Frederick Street (1), Heather Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Inverness Street (1), John Street (1), Kingsway (1), Macdonald Street (1), Moss Street (1), Powell Street (1), Railway Street (1), Richards Street (1), Richelieu Avenue (1), Robson Street (1), Spruce Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), Wallace Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 60th Avenue (1), West 61st Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 78 addresses, 34 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 31; each street's page names them.

The book of the Websters

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The family book reads the Webster 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.