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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McKibbens

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named McKibben at three 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 McKibbens 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

    1735 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R McKibben, an examiner at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: J W Hardy at 1729 and W Ludlow at 1745. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1918 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jean A McKibben, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Givins at 1904 and W M Meehan at 1960. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    260 West 20th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H McKibben, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Radalet at 242 and J P Grant at 276. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an examiner and a school janitor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano 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 R McKibben at 1735 Graveley 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 Robert McKibben there as the householder, an examiner at the Customs. The 1940 name section lists Jean A McKibben at 1918 Waterloo Street, a student.

H McKibben is listed at 260 West 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Hugh McKibben there as the householder, a school janitor at the City of Vancouver.

Today

1735 Graveley, 1918 Waterloo and 260 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946.

Every line as printed

All 5 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 McKibbens

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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.