A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Forbeses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Forbes at two addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Forbes name's own page.
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Where the Forbeses lived
- 1
1715 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- R Forbes, a president at R Forbes Co 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C E Stuart at 1711 and Rev W A Bennett at 1717. The block, door by door
- 2
4542 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- A H Forbes, a warehouseman 1940
Next door in 1940: Dunbar Plmbg at 4538 and L G Baker at 4558. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a president and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 R Forbes at 1715 Dunbar Street; 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 Robert Forbes there as the householder, a president at R Forbes Co. In 1940 the directory lists A H Forbes at 4542 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section lists Alex H Forbes there as the householder, a warehouseman.
Today
1715 Dunbar still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 4542 Dunbar, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Forbes R1715 Dunbar, p. 44
- Forbes Robt pres R Forbes Co1715 Dunbar, p. 202
- Forbes A H4542 Dunbar, p. 45
- Forbes Alex H whsmn Dickson Impt'g4542 Dunbar, p. 202
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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 F. Want a name removed? Tell us.