A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Colberts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses
The directories print four people named Colbert at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Colberts lived
- 1
1048 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- Marlene Colbert, a hairdresser at Flett Beauty Shoppe 1940
Next door in 1940: A N Bond at 1040 and B Ransom at 1052. The block, door by door
- 2
429 Campbell Avenue
Strathcona, 1940
- J Colbert, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: G Braaten at 427 and K Chiba at 439. The block, door by door
- 3
1754 Charles Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- W H Colbert, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs D E Martin at 1748 and Mrs S E Blackie at 1758. The block, door by door
- 4
3505 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- J A Colbert, a school teacher 1940
Next door in 1940: A J C Whyte at 3513. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a hairdresser, a salesman and a school teacher.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and West End. 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 Marlene Colbert at 1048 Barclay Street, a hairdresser at Flett Beauty Shoppe. The 1940 name section lists J Colbert at 429 Campbell Avenue, retired. In 1940 the directory lists W H Colbert at 1754 Charles Street. The 1940 name section lists Walter H Colbert there as the householder, a salesman.
In 1940 the directory lists J A Colbert at 3505 West 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John A Colbert there as the householder, a school teacher.
Today
1754 Charles still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1048 Barclay, 429 Campbell and 3505 West 39th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Colbert Marlene hairdrsr Flett Beauty Shoppe1048 Barclay, p. 118
- Colbert J retired429 Campbell, p. 118
- Colbert W H1754 Charles, p. 29
- Colbert Walter H slsmn1754 Charles, p. 118
- Colbert J A3505 West 39th, p. 256
- Colbert John A sch tchr Van City3505 West 39th, p. 118
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Colberts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Colbert 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.