A family name on Jervis Street, West End and Downtown
The Gibsons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Gibson at one address, 935 Jervis Street in West End, in 1940. The directories print the name on 76 other streets too, all listed on the Gibson 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 Gibsons at home
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935 Jervis Street
West End, 1940
- J Gibson, a principal clerk at the Canadian Government 1940
- Thomas M Gibson, a general superintendent at Pacific Power & Water 1940
Next door in 1940: W J Albutt at 909 and W Turner at 945. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a general superintendent and a principal clerk.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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
In 1940 the directory lists J Gibson at 935 Jervis Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Gibson there as the householder, a principal clerk at the Canadian Government, with J Gibson, a chief clerk at the Canadian Government, and Thomas M Gibson, a general superintendent at Pacific Power & Water.
Today
935 Jervis still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gibson J935 Jervis, p. 91
- Gibson J chf clk Can Govt935 Jervis, p. 222
- Gibson John prin clk Can Govt935 Jervis, p. 222
- Gibson Thos M genl supt Pac Power & Water935 Jervis, 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.