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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stableses

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Stables at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Stableses 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

    2435 East 12th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Mrs E Stables, widow of R H 1940
    • Jack R Stables, who worked for Restmore 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Lang at 2429. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1029 East 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • W Stables, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Thomas at 1023 and F Kark at 1035. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1341 East 3rd Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W B Stables, a mechanic at D MacLure's Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: J T McIver at 1335 and Mrs M J McIver at 1349. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    207 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • G A Stables 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sun Lee at 205. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an employee, a laborer and a mechanic. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew-Collingwood and Strathcona. 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 Mrs E Stables at 2435 East 12th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Emma Stables there as the householder, widow of R H, with Jack R Stables, who worked for Restmore. In 1940 the directory lists W Stables at 1029 East 13th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Stables there as the householder, a laborer, with Wilfred L Stables, a clerk.

In 1940 the directory lists W B Stables at 1341 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William B Stables there as the householder, a mechanic at D MacLure's Taxi. The 1940 name section lists G A Stables at 207 East Georgia Street.

Today

2435 East 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 1029 East 13th (2006) and 1341 East 3rd (1978) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 207 East Georgia, so that building is 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, street section

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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.