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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Shoebothams

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Shoebotham at four 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. The most under one roof: three Shoebothams at 4603 West 10th in 1940.

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Where the Shoebothams 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

    654 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Kate Shoebotham, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Dean at 642 and A Rotos at 662. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    857 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Ada Shoebotham, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: P F Young at 851. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4603 West 10th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs M M Shoebotham, widow of T M 1940
    • George M Shoebotham, a student 1940
    • T William A Shoebotham 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C R Munro at 4601 and H Ker at 4605. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1345 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs I Shoebotham, widow of O 1940
    • Julia Shoebotham 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A C Nason at 1335 and F P Wilson at 1355. The block, door by door

What they did

Four are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Fairview 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 Kate Shoebotham at 654 East 7th Avenue, widow of R. The 1940 name section lists Ada Shoebotham at 857 East 8th Avenue, widow of R. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M M Shoebotham at 4603 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Madelaine M Shoebotham there as the householder, widow of T M, with George M Shoebotham, a student, and T William A Shoebotham.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I Shoebotham at 1345 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ida Shoebotham there as the householder, widow of O, with Julia Shoebotham.

Today

654 East 7th and 857 East 8th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 4603 West 10th and 1345 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Shoebothams

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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 S. Want a name removed? Tell us.