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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Nobles

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Noble at three addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 51 other streets too, all listed on the Noble name's own page.

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Where the Nobles 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

    1874 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Miss I B Noble 1940
    • I Belle Noble 1940

    Next door in 1940: W J Carson at 1862 and F B Downing at 1884. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2205 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G A Noble, a foreman at Vancouver Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: N C McLeod at 2215. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3336 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J H Noble, a machinist 1940
    • Freda L Noble 1940

    Next door in 1940: A W Lohman at 3328 and W C Scott at 3350. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a foreman and a machinist.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 I B Noble at 1874 West 7th 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 I Belle Noble there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists G A Noble at 2205 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George A Noble there as the householder, a foreman at Vancouver Motors.

In 1940 the directory lists J H Noble at 3336 West 7th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James H Noble there as the householder, a machinist, with Freda L Noble.

Today

1874 West 7th and 3336 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1874 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 2205 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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 N. Want a name removed? Tell us.