A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Dubnovs
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Dubnov at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Dubnovs lived
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- 2
1040 West Georgia Street
West End, 1940
- I S Dubnov, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a physician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona 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 I S Dubnov, a physician, at 208 East Hastings Street. I S Dubnov is listed at 1040 West Georgia Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Isaac S Dubnov there as the householder, a physician.
Today
1040 West Georgia (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 208 East Hastings, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Dubnov I S phys208 East Hastings, p. 74
- Dubnov I S1040 West Georgia, p. 58
- Dubnov Isaac S phys 208 W Hastings1040 West Georgia, p. 170
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Dubnovs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Dubnov name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.