A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Calderbanks
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Calderbank 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. The most under one roof: three Calderbanks at 1484 East 15th in 1940.
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Where the Calderbanks lived
- 1
1484 East 15th Avenue
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G E Calderbank, a salesman at Eastman Photographer Materials 1940
- Lorne H Calderbank, a clerk at the CPR 1940
- Willard G Calderbank, a clerk for Dingwall Cotts 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Walton at 1480 and Mrs F M Gilbert at 1490. The block, door by door
- 2
1646 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs J Calderbank, widow of S 1940
- E Mabel Calderbank, a stenographer at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss I M Ahlgrim at 1636 and Miss D Timberlake at 1654. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a clerk (2), a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 Calderbank at 1484 East 15th Avenue; 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 Calderbank there as the householder, a salesman at Eastman Photographer Materials, with Lorne H Calderbank, a clerk at the CPR, and Willard G Calderbank, a clerk for Dingwall Cotts. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Calderbank at 1646 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Janet Calderbank there as the householder, widow of S, with E Mabel Calderbank, a stenographer at Canadian Fairbanks-Morse.
Today
1484 East 15th and 1646 West 10th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Calderbank G E1484 East 15th, p. 218
- Calderbank Geo E slsmn Eastman Photog Materials1484 East 15th, p. 86
- Calderbank Lorne H clk CPR1484 East 15th, p. 86
- Calderbank Willard G clk Dingwall Cotts1484 East 15th, p. 86
- Calderbank Mrs J1646 West 10th, p. 200
- Calderbank E Mabel sten Can Fairbanks-Morse1646 West 10th, p. 86
- Calderbank Janet wid S1646 West 10th, p. 86
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Calderbanks
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Calderbank 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: 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 C. Want a name removed? Tell us.