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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Spibeys

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Spibey 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 Spibeys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    315 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Bessie Spibey, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: caroline lodge at 305 and Mrs M E Devitt at 325. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3315 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Spibey, a trimmer at Mulletts 1940
    • John Spibey, a cashier 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Burr at 3309 and Miss I Campbell at 3325. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    227 West 21st Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W Spibey, an inspector at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Rainey at 217 and Miss C M Marshall at 241. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3107 West 36th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J B Spibey, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: G G Brown at 3125. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    769 West 62nd Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • H Spibey, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Duncan at 749 and J E Elsie at 779. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: a carpenter, a cashier, an employee, an inspector, a mechanic and a trimmer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Kitsilano, Marpole, Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 Bessie Spibey at 315 West 12th Avenue, who worked for the BC Telephone. H Spibey is listed at 3315 West 12th 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 Harry Spibey there as the householder, a trimmer at Mulletts, with John Spibey, a cashier.

W Spibey is listed at 227 West 21st Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Spibey there as the householder, an inspector at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. J B Spibey is listed at 3107 West 36th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James B Spibey there as the householder, a mechanic.

H Spibey is listed at 769 West 62nd Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Harry Spibey there as the householder, a carpenter.

Today

315 West 12th and 3315 West 12th still have their buildings from before 1946, 315 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3107 West 36th (1987) and 769 West 62nd (2012) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 227 West 21st, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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 Spibeys

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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.