A family name on East 51st Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Gibsons
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Gibson at two addresses in 1940, all on East 51st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Gibsons at 722 East 51st in 1940. 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
722 East 51st Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- Mrs E Gibson 1940
- Eva M Gibson, a shipper at Uneeda Towel 1940
- Ruby E Gibson, a helper for Kelly Douglas 1940
Next door in 1940: R D Sulivan at 712 and R Kellock at 732. The block, door by door
- 2
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a helper, a painter and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 Mrs E Gibson at 722 East 51st Avenue; 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 Mrs Elizabeth Gibson there as the householder, with Eva M Gibson, a shipper at Uneeda Towel, and Ruby E Gibson, a helper for Kelly Douglas. In 1940 the directory lists A W Gibson at 2390 East 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur W Gibson there as the householder, a painter at the Pacific Mills.
Today
722 East 51st (1987) and 2390 East 51st (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Gibson Mrs E722 East 51st, p. 266
- Gibson Mrs Eliz722 East 51st, p. 222
- Gibson Eva M shpr Uneeda Towel722 East 51st, p. 222
- Gibson Ruby E hlpr Kelly Douglas722 East 51st, p. 222
- *Gibson A W2390 East 51st, p. 266
- Gibson Arth W pntr Pac Mills2390 East 51st, p. 221
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.