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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dibbs

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Dibb at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Dibbs 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

    2640 West 10th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Bryan Dibb, a seaman at Canadian Pacific Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Moore at 2638 and E A Jinks at 2646. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1160 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J R Dibb, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Laverock at 1116 and F Howard at 1170. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2443 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Joseph W Dibb, a welder at Canadian John Wood 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Jennings at 2425 and T E Wilson at 2491. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: a carpenter, a seaman and a welder.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kerrisdale and Kitsilano. 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 Bryan Dibb at 2640 West 10th Avenue, a seaman at Canadian Pacific Steamships. J R Dibb is listed at 1160 West 15th Avenue in 1940; 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 John R Dibb there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Joseph W Dibb at 2443 West 45th Avenue, a welder at Canadian John Wood.

Today

2640 West 10th, 1160 West 15th and 2443 West 45th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2640 West 10th and 2443 West 45th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Dibbs

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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.