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The McGibbons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named McGibbon at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 McGibbons 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

    5335 Bruce Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A McGibbon, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: S S Forster at 5357. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1442 East 20th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • A McGibbon, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Stark at 1432 and J C Swan at 1448. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4054 Fleming Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J J McGibbon 1940
    • John G McGibbon, an agent at Western Mutual Benefit 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Weir at 4034. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2964 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J W McGibbon, a movie operator at the Strand Theatre 1940

    Next door in 1940: S C Thorpe at 2952 and D M Taylor at 2970. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3115 West 6th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A McGibbon, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs K Crowe at 3121. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: an agent, a laborer, a movie operator and an on active service.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (3), Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 McGibbon at 5335 Bruce 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 McGibbon there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists A McGibbon at 1442 East 20th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Andrew McGibbon there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists J J McGibbon at 4054 Fleming Street. The 1940 name section lists John G McGibbon there as the householder, an agent at Western Mutual Benefit. In 1940 the directory lists J W McGibbon at 2964 West 27th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James W McGibbon there as the householder, a movie operator at the Strand Theatre.

In 1940 the directory lists A McGibbon at 3115 West 6th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alan McGibbon there as the householder, on active service.

Today

4054 Fleming, 2964 West 27th and 3115 West 6th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5335 Bruce (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1442 East 20th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.