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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Stobies

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Stobie 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 Stobies 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

    1718 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alex Stobie, a waiter at Mrs Love's Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Page at 1708 and J F Chubb at 1722. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    325 West 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Peter W Stobie, a salesman for A E Austin 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H J Smardon at 315 and Mrs J E Macpherson at 335. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4474 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Rev J Stobie, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G F Biddle at 4464 and Mrs M Lewtas at 4480. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2575 West 8th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Freda M Stobie, widow of J F 1940

    Next door in 1940: L G Warwick at 2565 and M H Bracey at 2585. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a salesman and a waiter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, West End 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 Alex Stobie at 1718 Barclay Street, a waiter at Mrs Love's Cafe. The 1940 name section lists Peter W Stobie at 325 West 12th Avenue, a salesman for A E Austin. In 1940 the directory lists Rev J Stobie at 4474 West 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 lists Rev James Stobie there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists Freda M Stobie at 2575 West 8th Avenue, widow of J F.

Today

325 West 12th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2575 West 8th (1997) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1718 Barclay and 4474 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Stobies

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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.