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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Pozzbons

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Pozzbon at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Pozzobon. 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 Pozzbons 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

    3270 Charles Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G Pozzbon 1940

    Next door in 1940: E P Mahlman at 3264 and L Russell at 3276. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    241 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Pozzebon 1940

    Next door in 1940: F S Hikida at 239 and Miss P Gordon at 245. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    218 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • F Pozzobon, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wong Lee Shoe Repairs at 214 and A Miller at 224. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a logger.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 G Pozzbon at 3270 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Giovanni Pozzbon there as the householder. The 1940 name section lists A Pozzebon at 241 East Hastings Street.

F Pozzobon is listed at 218 Union Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank Pozzobon there as the householder, a logger.

Today

241 East Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3270 Charles (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 218 Union, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 3270 Charles: no archive photo of the 3200 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

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 Pozzbons

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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 P. Want a name removed? Tell us.