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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Duboises

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Dubois at six addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling du Bos. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Duboises at 3476 West 19th in 1940.

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Where the Duboises lived

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

    307 East 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • N R Dubois, a cleaner at Sanitary Dry Cleaning 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Cummings at 301 and W G McCullough at 315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1065 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M E du Bos, widow of F 1940

    Next door in 1940: H M Dey at 1055 and A B Ward at 1075. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3405 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Clare Dubois, widow of J H 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M L MacKay at 3415. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3476 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss A Dubois 1940
    • Alice Dubois, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940
    • Eliza J Dubois, widow of P 1940
    • Leonard Dubois, a fisherman 1940

    Next door in 1940: F R Cornwall at 3458 and W North at 3494. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1638 West 41st Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Frederick Dubois, retired 1940
  6. 6

    765 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • G Dubois, a helper at the Georgia Hotel 1940
    • Blanche Dubois 1940
    • Mrs Juliette Dubois 1940

    Next door in 1940: Genl Barber Shop at 763 and W Rabinovitch at 767. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eleven: a cleaner, a fisherman, a helper and an operator. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Fairview (2), Riley Park and Shaughnessy. 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 N R Dubois at 307 East 18th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nelson R Dubois there as the householder, a cleaner at Sanitary Dry Cleaning. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M E du Bos at 1065 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Marie E du Bos there as the householder, widow of F.

The 1940 name section lists Clare Dubois at 3405 West 19th Avenue, widow of J H. Miss A Dubois is listed at 3476 West 19th 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 Alice Dubois there as the householder, an operator at the BC Telephone, with Eliza J Dubois, widow of P, and Leonard Dubois, a fisherman. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Dubois at 1638 West 41st Avenue, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists G Dubois at 765 West Broadway. The 1940 name section lists Gaston Dubois there as the householder, a helper at the Georgia Hotel, with Blanche Dubois and Mrs Juliette Dubois.

Today

307 East 18th and 3405 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1065 West 11th (1960) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3476 West 19th, 1638 West 41st and 765 West Broadway, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.