A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Forbeses
In the city directories 1940 · 49 addresses on 43 streets
The directories print the Forbes name at 49 addresses on 43 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Forbeses lived
- West End7 addresses
- Mount Pleasant5 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- Downtown3 addresses
- Fairview3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
- Marpole3 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood3 addresses
- Strathcona3 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge1 address
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Dunbar StreetTwo addresses in Kitsilano and Dunbar-Southlands; two people: A H Forbes and R Forbes1940
- 2East 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: G Forbes and Adam Forbes1940
- 3East 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood; two people: A Forbes and J M Forbes1940
- 4Laburnum StreetTwo addresses in Shaughnessy and Kerrisdale; two people: A Forbes and K Forbes1940
- 5West 5th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; seven people: D S Forbes, O G K Forbes and Ernest Forbes, and four more1940
- 6West 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey; two people: Mrs A H Forbes and W J Forbes1940
- 7Alma StreetOne address in Kitsilano; one person: Alan Forbes1940
- 8Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: Thomas Forbes1940
- 9Cartier StreetOne address in Marpole; one person: Charlotte Forbes1940
- 10Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: J R Forbes1940
- 11Comox StreetOne address in West End; one person: John Forbes1940
- 12Culloden StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: A Forbes and Hazel Forbes1940
31 more streets, by name: Davie Street (1), Denman Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Hastings Street (1), East Pender Street (1), Grant Street (1), Heather Street (1), Main Street (1), Marguerite Street (1), Melville Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Robson Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), West Pender Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 49 addresses, 13 still have their buildings from before 1946, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.
The book of the Forbeses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Forbes 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under F. Want a name removed? Tell us.