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A family name on West Broadway, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Barbers

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Barber at four addresses in 1940, all on West Broadway, 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 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

    534 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • C Barber, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Muir at 532 and Davies A H Home Bkries at 536. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    827 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Barber, a dairyman at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association 1940
    • Mrs Ethel Barber, a hairdresser for Maison Henri 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cranston at 813 and Bway Auto Uphol at 841. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    954 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • H G Barber, who worked for the Province 1940

    Next door in 1940: R H Tweedy at 952 and J Waxstein at 964. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1250 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • Leslie Barber, a fireman at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rose Ball Room White at 1236 and G Howell at 1274. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a dairyman, a fireman, a hairdresser and a longshoreman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (4). 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 C Barber at 534 West Broadway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Cecil Barber there as the householder, a longshoreman. In 1940 the directory lists A Barber at 827 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Alex Barber there as the householder, a dairyman at the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association, with Mrs Ethel Barber, a hairdresser for Maison Henri.

In 1940 the directory lists H G Barber at 954 West Broadway; 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 Henry G Barber there as the householder, who worked for the Province. The 1940 name section lists Leslie Barber at 1250 West Broadway, a fireman at the Union Steamship Company.

Today

The City no longer lists 534 West Broadway, 827 West Broadway, 954 West Broadway and 1250 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Barbers

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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.