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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McCubbins

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named McCubbin at six 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.

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Where the McCubbins 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

    2625 Alma Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss M McCubbin, a dentist 1940
    • Marjory McCubbin, a dentist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon Curl-Craft at 2621 and Caros at 2651. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    917 Beach Avenue

    Downtown, 1940

    • James McCubbin, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Gillespie at 921. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1850 East 1st Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W A McCubbin, a salesman at Curtis Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: L J Morin at 1842 and C L Smith at 1856. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1246 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Colin McCubbin, a salesman at Beatty Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: E E Weeks at 1240 and A S Granger at 1266. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    901 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Lillian McCubbin 1940

    Next door in 1940: A A Trenholme at 907. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1121 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Graham A McCubbin, a meat cutter at Spotlight Market 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Trestain at 1119 and Lil-Li-Bet at 1123. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a salesman (2), a dentist and a meat cutter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano and 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 Miss M McCubbin, a dentist, at 2625 Alma Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Marjory McCubbin there, a dentist, with Marjory McCubbin, a dentist. The 1940 name section lists James McCubbin at 917 Beach Avenue, retired, with James McCubbin, retired.

W A McCubbin is listed at 1850 East 1st Avenue 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 William A McCubbin there as the householder, a salesman at Curtis Motors. The 1940 name section lists Colin McCubbin at 1246 Haro Street, a salesman at Beatty Bros. The 1940 name section lists Lillian McCubbin at 901 Howe Street, with Lillian McCubbin.

The 1940 name section lists Graham A McCubbin at 1121 West Pender Street, a meat cutter at Spotlight Market.

Today

1850 East 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1923 by the City's record; 1246 Haro (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2625 Alma, 917 Beach, 901 Howe and 1121 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 M. Want a name removed? Tell us.