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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Jacobys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Jacoby at four addresses in 1940 in Dunbar-Southlands. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Jacobys 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

    3903 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • A J Jacoby, a president at Jacoby Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: O G Holmes at 3913. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3371 West 31st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • S H Jacoby, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: C B Henriksen at 3359 and Mrs R E Savage at 3393. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2934 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Martin N Jacoby, of Pacific Gold 1940
    • Mrs Sada M Jacoby, of Pacific Gold 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Fielder at 2924 and N Will at 2940. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3126 West 32nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • N Jacoby, a buyer at Pacific Gold 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Baxter at 3108 and L J Wagner at 3142. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a buyer, a president and a salesman. Three of them worked for Pacific Gold.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4). 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 J Jacoby at 3903 West 22nd 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 Alfred J Jacoby there as the householder, a president at Jacoby Bros. In 1940 the directory lists S H Jacoby at 3371 West 31st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Siegfried H Jacoby there as the householder, a salesman.

The 1940 name section lists Martin N Jacoby at 2934 West 32nd Avenue, of Pacific Gold, with Mrs Sada M Jacoby, of Pacific Gold. N Jacoby is listed at 3126 West 32nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Norbert Jacoby there as the householder, a buyer at Pacific Gold.

Today

2934 West 32nd and 3126 West 32nd still have their buildings from before 1946; 3903 West 22nd (2012) and 3371 West 31st (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Jacobys

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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 J. Want a name removed? Tell us.