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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Rathbones

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Rathbone at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Rathbones 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

    2648 Alberta Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Kath Rathbone, a head seamstress at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Virginia Rathbone, a seamstress at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev Mrs E M Paul at 2632. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4463 Prince Albert Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E J Rathbone 1940
    • Wilfred Rathbone 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Smith at 4449 and J Drummond at 4477. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3667 Vanness Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J W Rathbone, a checker at E C & E 1940
    • Maud E Rathbone 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Friend at 3647 and A Haines at 3691. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4328 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Dorothy F Rathbone, a saleswoman at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: I Godfrey at 4324 and E S Butterfield at 4334. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2177 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G R Rathbone, an electrician 1940

    Next door in 1940: T J Corley at 2163 and R Seaborn at 2189. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a checker, an electrician, a head seamstress, a saleswoman and a seamstress. Two of them worked for Vancouver General Hospital.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and West Point Grey. 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 Kath Rathbone at 2648 Alberta Street, a head seamstress at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Virginia Rathbone, a seamstress at the Vancouver General Hospital. E J Rathbone is listed at 4463 Prince Albert Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest J Rathbone there as the householder, with Wilfred Rathbone.

J W Rathbone is listed at 3667 Vanness Avenue in 1940; 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 lists James W Rathbone there as the householder, a checker at E C & E, with Maud E Rathbone. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy F Rathbone at 4328 West 12th Avenue, a saleswoman at Spencer's.

In 1940 the directory lists G R Rathbone at 2177 West 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George R Rathbone there as the householder, an electrician.

Today

2648 Alberta still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 4463 Prince Albert (2014) and 4328 West 12th (1996) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3667 Vanness and 2177 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Rathbones

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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 R. Want a name removed? Tell us.