A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Appelbes
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Appelbe at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Appelbes lived
- 1
6555 Maple Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- G E Appelbe, a superintendent at Vic & Vancouver Stevedoring 1940
- Hilda M Appelbe, a stenographer at H R MacMillan Export 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Boothe at 6543 and H J Pope at 6567. The block, door by door
- 2
1036 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Frank E Appelbe, a bookkeeper at Vancouver Pile Driving & Contracting 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs I McDonald at 1000 and H K Diebel at 1054. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a bookkeeper, a stenographer and a superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kerrisdale. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists G E Appelbe at 6555 Maple Street; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George E Appelbe there as the householder, a superintendent at Vic & Vancouver Stevedoring, with Hilda M Appelbe, a stenographer at H R MacMillan Export. The 1940 name section lists Frank E Appelbe at 1036 West 10th Avenue, a bookkeeper at Vancouver Pile Driving & Contracting.
Today
6555 Maple (1990) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1036 West 10th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Appelbe G E6555 Maple, p. 111
- Appelbe Geo E supt Vic & Van Stevedoring6555 Maple, p. 17
- Appelbe Hilda M sten H R MacMillan Export6555 Maple, p. 17
- Appelbe Frank E bkpr Van Pile Driving & Contrg1036 West 10th, p. 17
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Appelbes
Every directory, as one book
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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under A. Want a name removed? Tell us.