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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Higginbothams

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at nine addresses

The directories print 13 people named Higginbotham at nine addresses in 1940 in eight of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Higinbotham. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Higginbothams at 5869 Dunbar in 1940.

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Where the Higginbothams lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1370 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Frederick Higginbotham, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Nishimura at 1340. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5869 Dunbar Street

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Miss F I Higginbotham 1940
    • Frances I Higginbotham, a school teacher 1940
    • Mrs Ina M Higginbotham 1940
    • Janet L Higginbotham, a laborer technician at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: C E Wilson at 5851 and I B Mackay at 5889. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3938 Main Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • T Higginbotham, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: engadine apts at 3936 and Main Lbr & Supp at 3980. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1010 Salsbury Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J A Higginbotham, a postman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Glen Hosp at 1036. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5809 Vine Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • R N Higinbotham, a salesman 1940
    • Alan A Higinbotham, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J B McGaw at 5815. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2576 Wallace Crescent

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A Higginbotham 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Horne at 2568 and Mrs F T McConnell at 2582. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2065 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G A Higginbotham, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Strachan at 2055 and P D Bickford at 2067. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2519 West 45th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • F H Higginbotham 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Heron at 2507 and Mrs A H Davy at 2531. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1627 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • T Higginbotham, proprietor of Expert Window Cleaner 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Reid at 1615 and M McIntyre at 1635. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the 13: a salesman (2), a laborer technician, a mechanic, a postman, a proprietor and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Riley Park, West End and West Point Grey. 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 Frederick Higginbotham at 1370 Davie Street, retired. Miss F I Higginbotham is listed at 5869 Dunbar Street in 1940; 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 lists Frances I Higginbotham there as the householder, a school teacher, with Mrs Ina M Higginbotham, and Janet L Higginbotham, a laborer technician at the St Paul's Hospital.

T Higginbotham is listed at 3938 Main Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Higginbotham there as the householder, a mechanic. J A Higginbotham is listed at 1010 Salsbury Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Arthur Higginbotham there as the householder, a postman.

R N Higinbotham is listed at 5809 Vine Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ralph N Higinbotham there as the householder, a salesman, with Alan A Higinbotham, a student. A Higginbotham is listed at 2576 Wallace Crescent in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Higginbotham at 2065 West 15th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George A Higginbotham there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists F H Higginbotham at 2519 West 45th Avenue.

T Higginbotham is listed at 1627 West 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Higginbotham there as the householder, proprietor of Expert Window Cleaner.

Today

5869 Dunbar, 1010 Salsbury Drive, 2576 Wallace Crescent and 2065 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946; 1370 Davie (1979), 2519 West 45th (1996) and 1627 West 7th (2000) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3938 Main and 5809 Vine, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows
1940 A No. 14 Dunbar streetcar on Dunbar Street, past bungalows. Not at the house at 5869 Dunbar: no archive photo of the 5800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, 2009-005.530. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 18 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 Higginbothams

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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 H. Want a name removed? Tell us.