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A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Barbers

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at three addresses

The directories print seven people named Barber at three addresses in 1940, all on West 12th Avenue, with the close spelling Barberi. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Barbers at 1006 West 12th in 1940. The directories print the name on 52 other streets too, all listed on the Barber name's own page.

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Where the Barbers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    236 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Phyllis Barber, a saleswoman at Cunningham Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M McCuaig at 224. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1006 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Barber, an agent at Prudential Insurance 1940
    • Laurence Barber, a pipe fitter 1940
    • Ray Barber, a dispatcher at Budds Cartage 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Ralston at 1016. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4115 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs F H Barber, widow of H 1940
    • Florence R Barber, a stenographer 1940
    • Richard T Barber, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev W N Byers at 4107 and H W Whistler at 4117. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the seven: an agent, a clerk, a dispatcher, a pipe fitter, a saleswoman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Phyllis Barber at 236 West 12th Avenue, a saleswoman at Cunningham Drug. H Barber is listed at 1006 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry Barber there as the householder, an agent at Prudential Insurance, with Laurence Barber, a pipe fitter, and Ray Barber, a dispatcher at Budds Cartage.

Mrs F H Barber is listed at 4115 West 12th Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Florence H Barber there as the householder, widow of H, with Florence R Barber, a stenographer, and Richard T Barber, a clerk.

Today

236 West 12th and 1006 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 4115 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.