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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Humbles

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Humble at four addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Humbles at 1334 West 59th in 1940.

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Where the Humbles 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

    1060 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Humble (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Cowsill at 1058. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    7838 Montcalm Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • E G Humble, a machinist at Boeings 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Harris at 7828. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1220 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Humble (no first name printed), a saleswoman at Tod & Manning 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs B Gage at 1200 and Mrs A A Park at 1280. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1334 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • W G Humble, retired 1940
    • Alice C Humble, a school teacher 1940
    • Margaret E J Humble, a school teacher 1940
    • William H Humble, a clerk at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: E T Herod at 1330 and J S Tait at 1346. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a school teacher (2), a clerk, a machinist and a saleswoman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2) and West End (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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Humble (no first name printed) at 1060 Alberni Street. E G Humble is listed at 7838 Montcalm Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Edward G Humble there as the householder, a machinist at Boeings. The 1940 name section lists Humble (no first name printed) at 1220 Nicola Street, a saleswoman at Tod & Manning.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Humble at 1334 West 59th 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 lists William G Humble there as the householder, retired, with Alice C Humble, a school teacher, Margaret E J Humble, a school teacher, and William H Humble, a clerk at the Canadian (BC) Telephone.

Today

7838 Montcalm still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 1060 Alberni (1988) and 1334 West 59th (1977) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1220 Nicola, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Humbles

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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.