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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Dumbrells

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Dumbrell 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. The most under one roof: three Dumbrells at 2476 West 14th in 1940.

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Where the Dumbrells 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

    4473 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs E B Dumbrell, widow of T 1940
    • Leonard S Dumbrell, of Trimbleton Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: A G Venables at 4471 and Celesta Shop at 4475. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2476 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H P Dumbrell, a superintendent at Pacific Coast Pipe 1940
    • Edna M Dumbrell, a stenographer for Atlas Smelting 1940
    • Gordon H Dumbrell, a clerk at M B King Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Gilbert at 2466 and H J A Warne at 2486. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    871 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • T Dumbrell, a foreman at Biltmore Furniture 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Gairns at 875. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a clerk, a foreman, a stenographer and a superintendent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Marpole and West Point Grey. 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 E B Dumbrell at 4473 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Ellen B Dumbrell there as the householder, widow of T, with Leonard S Dumbrell, of Trimbleton Bakery. In 1940 the directory lists H P Dumbrell at 2476 West 14th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Herbert P Dumbrell there as the householder, a superintendent at Pacific Coast Pipe, with Edna M Dumbrell, a stenographer for Atlas Smelting, and Gordon H Dumbrell, a clerk at M B King Lumber.

In 1940 the directory lists T Dumbrell at 871 West 59th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Dumbrell there as the householder, a foreman at Biltmore Furniture.

Today

4473 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2476 West 14th and 871 West 59th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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 Dumbrells

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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.