Vancouver / Names / E / Ebert

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Eberts

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Ebert at four 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.

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 Eberts 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

    2040 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C F Ebert, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Barker at 2038. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1590 West 15th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J G C Ebert, a log scaler at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: la paula apts at 1550. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3937 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C O Ebert, a branch manager at Cunningham Drug 1940

    Next door in 1940: C McK Smith at 3927 and W H Scott at 3949. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3620 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J M Ebert, an accountant at Gibraltar Financial 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs R C Goyns at 3640. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an accountant, a branch manager and a log scaler.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Fairview and Grandview-Woodland. 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 C F Ebert at 2040 Victoria Drive; 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 Carl F Ebert there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists J G C Ebert at 1590 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists J Gordon C Ebert there as the householder, a log scaler at the BC Government.

In 1940 the directory lists C O Ebert at 3937 West 36th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Clarence O Ebert there as the householder, a branch manager at Cunningham Drug. In 1940 the directory lists J M Ebert at 3620 West 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Melville Ebert there as the householder, an accountant at Gibraltar Financial.

Today

1590 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2040 Victoria Drive, 3937 West 36th and 3620 West 38th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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

The book of the Eberts

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Ebert 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.