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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Nybloms

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Nyblom at four addresses in 1940 in two 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 Nybloms 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

    774 Bidwell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Walter Nybloom, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: C F Adye at 764 and Mrs E Thring at 778. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    719 Cambie Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Walter Nyblom, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Drysdale at 717 and E A Johnson at 721. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1630 Harwood Street

    West End, 1940

    • Albin W Nyblom, an insurance agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss N McNeill at 1636. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    325 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • A W Nyblom, in insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: Finch Gar Ltd at 327. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a logger (2) and an insurance agent.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and West End (2). 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter Nybloom at 774 Bidwell Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Walter Nyblom at 719 Cambie Street, a logger. The 1940 name section lists Albin W Nyblom at 1630 Harwood Street, an insurance agent. A W Nyblom, in insurance, is listed at 325 Howe Street in 1940.

Today

325 Howe still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 774 Bidwell (2002) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 719 Cambie and 1630 Harwood, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Nybloms

Every directory, as one book

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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.