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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The De Bous

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named De Bou at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling DeBou. 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 De Bous at 2025 West 57th in 1940.

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Where the De Bous 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

    3923 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W H DeBou, a lumberman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Tarbuck at 3917 and L J Stones at 3929. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1983 West 57th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • S I De Bou, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: V B Hutton at 1967. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2025 West 57th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H G De Bou, a general manager at White Distributor 1940
    • Elizabeth J DeBou, a school teacher at Coquit City 1940
    • Stan G DeBou, a draftsman at Hayes Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Jeffery at 2069. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    700 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E L De Bou, a coffee roaster at Abbott Whses 1940
    • D Evelyn DeBou, a stenographer 1940
    • Ethel F DeBou, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: S MacPherson at 710. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all eight: a school teacher (2), a carpenter, a coffee roaster, a draftsman, a general manager and a lumberman, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Fairview 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 W H DeBou at 3923 West 11th 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 William H DeBou there as the householder, a lumberman. In 1940 the directory lists S I De Bou at 1983 West 57th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Steph I DeBou there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists H G De Bou at 2025 West 57th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert G DeBou there as the householder, a general manager at White Distributor, with Elizabeth J DeBou, a school teacher at Coquit City, and Stan G DeBou, a draftsman at Hayes Manufacturing. In 1940 the directory lists E L De Bou at 700 West 6th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edward L DeBou there as the householder, a coffee roaster at Abbott Whses, with D Evelyn DeBou, a stenographer, and Ethel F DeBou, a school teacher.

Today

3923 West 11th, 1983 West 57th and 2025 West 57th still have their buildings from before 1946; 700 West 6th (1984) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 12 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 De Bous

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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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.