A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Estabrookses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Estabrooks 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.
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Where the Estabrookses lived
- 1
1951 Ferndale Street
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- N R Estabrooks, retired 1940
- Rupert M Estabrooks, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: J R Losier at 1945 and Mrs S Whiteford at 1955. The block, door by door
- 2
1065 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs Dorothy Estabrooks, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Beattie at 1055 and L R Lloyd at 1075. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in 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 N R Estabrooks at 1951 Ferndale Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Nelson R Estabrooks there as the householder, retired, with Rupert M Estabrooks, a warehouseman. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Dorothy Estabrooks at 1065 West 10th Avenue, a clerk at the BC Government.
Today
1951 Ferndale still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1065 West 10th (1957) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Estabrooks N R1951 Ferndale, p. 50
- Estabrooks Nelson R retired1951 Ferndale, p. 186
- Estabrooks Rupert M whsmn1951 Ferndale, p. 186
- Estabrooks Mrs Dorothy clk BC Govt1065 West 10th, p. 186
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Estabrookses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Estabrooks 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 E. Want a name removed? Tell us.