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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Lobbans

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Lobban at seven addresses in 1940 in four 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: three Lobbans at 563 East 22nd in 1940.

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Where the Lobbans 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

    5114 Chester Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A S Lobban 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Johnston at 5138. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    337 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Lobban, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Master Painters' Supp at 331. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    563 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J J Lobban, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Elizabeth M Lobban, a packer at Nabob Food Products 1940
    • Margaret D Lobban, a packer at Nabob Food Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Meredith at 555 and J D Porter at 565. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1444 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J (greenhouse) Lobban 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Whitworth at 1432 and J I hauling contr FA-0611 Campbell at 1452. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1495 East 27th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Lobban, a florist 1940

    Next door in 1940: W F Finlay at 1479. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1350 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Lobban, a florist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 1346 and A R Wardrop at 1352. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3884 West 22nd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Thomas C Lobban, a clerk at Canadian National Steamships 1940

    Next door in 1940: V C Kemkes at 3874 and J W Taft at 3896. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: a packer (2), a car repairer, a clerk and a florist. Two of them worked for Nabob Food Products.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (4), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Riley Park. 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 S Lobban at 5114 Chester Street; 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 Alex S Lobban there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists James Lobban at 337 Dunsmuir Street, retired.

J J Lobban is listed at 563 East 22nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John J Lobban there as the householder, a guard at the BC Electric Railway, with John J Lobban Jr, a car repairer at the BC Electric Railway, Elizabeth M Lobban, a packer at Nabob Food Products, and Margaret D Lobban, a packer at Nabob Food Products. J (greenhouse) Lobban is listed at 1444 East 27th Avenue in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists J Lobban, a florist, at 1495 East 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James Lobban there, a florist. In 1940 the directory lists J Lobban, a florist, at 1350 Kingsway; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas C Lobban at 3884 West 22nd Avenue, a clerk at Canadian National Steamships.

Today

5114 Chester, 563 East 22nd and 1495 East 27th still have their buildings from before 1946, 563 East 22nd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1444 East 27th (1998) and 1350 Kingsway (2014) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 337 Dunsmuir and 3884 West 22nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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 L. Want a name removed? Tell us.