A family name on West 16th Avenue, Fairview, Riley Park, Mount Pleasant, South Cambie, Shaughnessy, Kitsilano, Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar-Southlands and West Point Grey
The Forbeses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Forbes at one address, 887 West 16th Avenue in Fairview, in 1940. The directories print the name on 42 other streets too, all listed on the Forbes name's own page.
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.
The Forbeses at home
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887 West 16th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- W A Forbes, of Wholesale Delivery Service 1940
- Doug Forbes, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B Burnett at 877. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Fairview. 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 W A Forbes at 887 West 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter A Forbes there as the householder, of Wholesale Delivery Service, with Doug Forbes, a student.
Today
The City no longer lists 887 West 16th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Forbes W A887 West 16th, p. 223
- Forbes Doug studt887 West 16th, p. 202
- Forbes Walter A of Whol Del Serv887 West 16th, 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.