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The Crabbs

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at eight addresses

The directories print eight people named Crabb at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Crabbs 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

    8680 Cartier Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • A Crabb, a tinsmith 1940

    Next door in 1940: G H Short at 8668. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3425 East 29th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W J Crabb 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Poole at 3419 and W Shippam at 3443. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3890 Heather Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • C Crabb, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Weston at 3850. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    720 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ruth Crabb, a waitress at Golden Arrow Creameries 1940

    Next door in 1940: F Dirnback at 736. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1209 Jervis Street

    West End, 1940

    • E F Crabb, an elevator operator at the St Pauls Hospital 1940
  6. 6

    8789 Laurel Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C W Crabb, a gardener 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J F Breeden at 8709. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2077 Waverley Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs N Crabb, a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F Embleton at 2065 and W Vernon at 2085. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4624 West 7th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J S Crabb, a secretary-treasurer at Empire Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: G M Ledingham at 4620 and F P Woodside at 4630. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an elevator operator, a gardener, a school teacher, a secretary-treasurer, a tinsmith and a waitress. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), West End (2), Renfrew-Collingwood, South Cambie, Victoria-Fraserview 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

In 1940 the directory lists A Crabb at 8680 Cartier 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 Alex Crabb there as the householder, a tinsmith. In 1940 the directory lists W J Crabb at 3425 East 29th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Walter J Crabb there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists C Crabb at 3890 Heather Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Crabb there as the householder, a school teacher. The 1940 name section lists Ruth Crabb at 720 Jervis Street, a waitress at Golden Arrow Creameries.

E F Crabb is listed at 1209 Jervis Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edwin F Crabb there as the householder, an elevator operator at the St Pauls Hospital. C W Crabb is listed at 8789 Laurel Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles W Crabb there as the householder, a gardener.

Mrs N Crabb is listed at 2077 Waverley Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Nellie Crabb there as the householder, a widow. J S Crabb is listed at 4624 West 7th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James S Crabb there as the householder, a secretary-treasurer at Empire Agencies.

Today

3425 East 29th, 3890 Heather and 1209 Jervis still have their buildings from before 1946, 1209 Jervis on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 8680 Cartier (1959), 720 Jervis (1998) and 2077 Waverley (1982) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 8789 Laurel and 4624 West 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue
About 1920 Firemen with their motor engines outside the Point Grey fire hall at Cartier Street and 38th Avenue. Not at the house at 8680 Cartier: no archive photo of the 8600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, FD P44. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 15 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.