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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stobarts

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Stobart at eight addresses in 1940 in seven of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Stobbart. 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 Stobarts 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

    2454 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Allen D Stobart, an attendant at the City Hall Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Tulk at 2444 and W B Yeandle at 2466. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1427 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • James Stobbart, a loader at Vancouver Creosoting 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Forward at 1423 and Mrs E Shipman at 1431. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2313 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • T Stobart, who worked for Cope & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: I R Kearley at 2331. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1993 West 12th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jennie A Stobbart, a clerk at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: C J Kubik at 1985. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    153 West 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R Stobart, a driver at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Mary Stobart 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Wong at 107 and A J McLean at 159. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3332 West 27th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • T P Stobart, a salesman at Turner's Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: P N Anderson at 3320 and Mrs K Burns at 3344. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    15 West 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H M Stobbart, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Adams at 5 and Mrs A Tabaka at 25. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    1101 West 8th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John Stobbart, a logger 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Cravetto at 1125. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: an attendant, a clerk, a driver, an employee, a laborer and a loader, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, 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 Allen D Stobart at 2454 Cornwall Avenue, an attendant at the City Hall Service. The 1940 name section lists James Stobbart at 1427 Howe Street, a loader at Vancouver Creosoting. In 1940 the directory lists T Stobart at 2313 Victoria Drive. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Stobart there as the householder, who worked for Cope & Son.

The 1940 name section lists Jennie A Stobbart at 1993 West 12th Avenue, a clerk at the BC Government. R Stobart is listed at 153 West 19th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ralph Stobart there as the householder, a driver at the City of Vancouver, with Mary Stobart.

T P Stobart is listed at 3332 West 27th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas P Stobart there as the householder, a salesman at Turner's Dairy. H M Stobbart is listed at 15 West 6th 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 Hugh M Stobbart there as the householder, a laborer at BC Sugar.

The 1940 name section lists John Stobbart at 1101 West 8th Avenue, a logger.

Today

2313 Victoria Drive, 1993 West 12th and 153 West 19th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1993 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 3332 West 27th (2017), 15 West 6th (1973) and 1101 West 8th (1985) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2454 Cornwall and 1427 Howe, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 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

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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.