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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Squarebriggses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Squarebriggs at three 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 Squarebriggses 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

    3715 West 21st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D G Squarebriggs, a yard foreman at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Dawson at 3705 and Mrs J N Sutherland at 3727. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3329 West 24th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Margaret J Squarebriggs, widow of J C 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Gilmore at 3345. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1641 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs Kathleen Squarebriggs, in alterations at BC Outfitting 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Taylor at 1631 and L E Thomas at 1653. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: an alterations and a yard foreman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Fairview. 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 D G Squarebriggs at 3715 West 21st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists D Glen Squarebriggs there as the householder, a yard foreman at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Margaret J Squarebriggs at 3329 West 24th Avenue, widow of J C. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Kathleen Squarebriggs at 1641 West 8th Avenue, in alterations at BC Outfitting.

Today

3715 West 21st (2012) and 3329 West 24th (1990) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1641 West 8th, so that building is 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, street section

The book of the Squarebriggses

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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.