A family name on East 11th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Gibsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Gibson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 11th Avenue. 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 76 other streets too, all listed on the Gibson name's own page.
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Where the Gibsons lived
- 1
166 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- A W Gibson, a millworker at Sterling Lumber 1940
Next door in 1940: J Melnyk at 160. The block, door by door
- 2
339 East 11th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Thomas Gibson 1940
Next door in 1940: W R Crosby at 331 and Mrs M E Mullin at 343. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a millworker.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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
In 1940 the directory lists A W Gibson at 166 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert W Gibson there, a millworker at Sterling Lumber. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Gibson at 339 East 11th Avenue.
Today
166 East 11th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 339 East 11th, 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.
- Gibson A W166 East 11th, p. 202
- Gibson Albt W mlwkr Sterling Lbr166 East 11th, p. 221
- Gibson Thos339 East 11th, p. 222
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Gibsons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gibson 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: 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.