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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gables

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Gable at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Gables 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

    1051 Beach Avenue

    West End, 1940

    • June Gable 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Taggart at 1045 and R Reynolds at 1053. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1320 Renfrew Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • N E Gable, who worked for Vancouver Breweries 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Mawhinney at 1360. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1348 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Jean Gable, a maid at the Gifford Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Bethune at 1332 and la belle apts at 1368. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3263 William Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • Phyllis I Gable, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Sentell at 3233 and Mrs A J Coles at 3275. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an employee and a maid. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and West End (2). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists June Gable at 1051 Beach Avenue. N E Gable is listed at 1320 Renfrew Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists N Earl Gable there as the householder, who worked for Vancouver Breweries. The 1940 name section lists Jean Gable at 1348 Robson Street, a maid at the Gifford Hotel.

The 1940 name section lists Phyllis I Gable at 3263 William Street, widow of W.

Today

1348 Robson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; 3263 William (1983) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1051 Beach and 1320 Renfrew, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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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 G. Want a name removed? Tell us.