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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Diebels

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Diebel 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 Diebels lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3591 Commercial Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Mrs L Diebel, widow of A W 1940
    • Albert C Diebel, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F G Musto at 3589 and W A Parish at 3593. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    269 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs J M Diebel, widow of A 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Manson at 263 and Mrs J M Beecroft at 275. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1054 West 10th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • H K Diebel, an assistant dietitian at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: W P Woods at 1036 and R C Singleton at 1064. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an assistant dietitian and a laborer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Riley Park. 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 Mrs L Diebel at 3591 Commercial Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonora Diebel there as the householder, widow of A W, with Albert C Diebel, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J M Diebel at 269 East 32nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jessie M Diebel there as the householder, widow of A.

In 1940 the directory lists H K Diebel at 1054 West 10th 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 Harry K Diebel there as the householder, retired, with Helen Diebel, an assistant dietitian at Woolworths.

Today

269 East 32nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3591 Commercial and 1054 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton
About 1913 The 3500 block of Commercial Street, looking north from 20th Avenue past the Bank of Hamilton. Taken on the 3500 block; it doesn't single out the house at 3591 Commercial. City of Vancouver Archives, LGN 504. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 D. Want a name removed? Tell us.