A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Wests
In the city directories 1940 · 90 addresses on 72 streets
The directories print the West name at 90 addresses on 72 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 Wests lived
- West End15 addresses
- Downtown11 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood10 addresses
- Kitsilano8 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland6 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise6 addresses
- Mount Pleasant6 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- West Point Grey5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1East 23rd AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park and Renfrew-Collingwood; five people: Mrs G West, R H West, Andrew J West and two more1940
- 2West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: E S West, Edna West and Murray West1940
- 3West 4th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: H P West, Produce West and William West1940
- 4Clark DriveTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; three people: G G West, J West and Frederick West1940
- 5Davie StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: F West, End Gospel Tabernacle West, Ken G West and one more1940
- 6East 20th AvenueTwo addresses in Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood; three people: J West, Ada West and John G West1940
- 7East 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; two people: W A West and W L West1940
- 8East Pender StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona; three people: E West, L C West and William West1940
- 9Grant StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: F G West, W S N West and Warwick A West1940
- 10Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: End Gazette West and E J West1940
- 11Harwood StreetTwo addresses in West End; three people: Mrs S West, Charles West and May West1940
- 12Howe StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: E A West, Mrs E West and End Carpenters West1940
60 more streets, by name: Alberni Street (1), Balsam Street (1), Barclay Street (1), Beatrice Street (1), Broughton Street (1), Cambie Street (1), Cassiar Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Comox Street (1), Drake Street (1), Duke Street (1), East 11th Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Franklin Street (1), French Street (1), Galt Street (1), Haro Street (1), Kingsway (1), Lakewood Drive (1), Main Street (1), McGill Street (1), Melbourne Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Robson Street (1), Thurlow Street (2), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (2), West 18th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 42nd Avenue (2), West 45th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 90 addresses, 28 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 24 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 37; each street's page names them.
The book of the Wests
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the West 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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Another name, or a house
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.