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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Derbys

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Derby 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 Derbys 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

    884 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • T J Derby, retired 1940
    • Kathleen M Derby, a telephone operator at BC Pulp & Paper 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1944 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J T Derby 1940
    • T John Derby, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A E Baker at 1942. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1536 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss M Derby 1940
    • Margaret Derby 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Foster at 1512 and A P Joel at 1546. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2627 West 37th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • G C Derby, a district administrator at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Hunter at 2605 and W C Chamberlain at 2645. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the seven: a district administrator and a telephone operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland 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

In 1940 the directory lists T J Derby at 884 Bute Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas J Derby there as the householder, retired, with Kathleen M Derby, a telephone operator at BC Pulp & Paper. In 1940 the directory lists J T Derby at 1944 Charles Street. The 1940 name section lists T John Derby there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss M Derby at 1536 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Derby there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G C Derby at 2627 West 37th 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 lists George C Derby there as the householder, a district administrator at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government.

Today

884 Bute, 1944 Charles, 1536 West 14th and 2627 West 37th still have their buildings from before 1946, 884 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Derbys

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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.