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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Gebbies

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Gebbie at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Gebbies 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Betty Gebbie, in assistant instructor of nurses at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1727 East 4th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W M Gebbie, a machinist at Boeing's 1940

    Next door in 1940: highland apts at 1707 and Miss A B Carroll at 1729. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    332 Gore Avenue

    Strathcona, 1940

    • William T Gebbie 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Shishido at 320. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1471 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Robina Gebbie 1940

    Next door in 1940: 5 listings at 1455 and S Balmer at 1475. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    900 West Georgia Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Miss G Gebbie, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wilson W & J at 920. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an assistant instructor of nurses, a machinist and a maid.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona and West End. 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 Betty Gebbie at 1056 Comox Street, in assistant instructor of nurses at the St Paul's Hospital. W M Gebbie is listed at 1727 East 4th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William M Gebbie there as the householder, a machinist at Boeing's. The 1940 name section lists William T Gebbie at 332 Gore Avenue.

The 1940 name section lists Robina Gebbie at 1471 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Miss G Gebbie at 900 West Georgia Street, a maid at the Vancouver Hotel.

Today

1727 East 4th and 900 West Georgia still have their buildings from before 1946, 900 West Georgia on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 332 Gore and 1471 West 11th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 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

The book of the Gebbies

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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.