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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Waybournes

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Waybourne at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Wybourne. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Waybournes at 251 East 22nd in 1940.

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Where the Waybournes 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

    1188 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • P J Wybourne 1940
    • Betty A M Wybourne, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs V Spencer at 1190. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    251 East 22nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs E E Waybourne, widow of W 1940
    • Olive A Waybourne 1940
    • William J Waybourne, a laborer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: C W Winberg at 245. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3217 Heather Street

    South Cambie, 1940

    • E J Waybourne, a car cleaner at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Heather Drsmkrs at 3219. The block, door by door

What they did

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

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Riley Park and South Cambie. 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 P J Wybourne at 1188 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Philip J Wybourne there as the householder, with Betty A M Wybourne, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs E E Waybourne at 251 East 22nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ellen E Waybourne there as the householder, widow of W, with Olive A Waybourne, and William J Waybourne, a laborer at BC Sugar.

In 1940 the directory lists E J Waybourne at 3217 Heather Street. The 1940 name section lists Edward J Waybourne there as the householder, a car cleaner at the BC Electric Railway.

Today

3217 Heather still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 251 East 22nd (2019) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1188 Burrard, 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 W. Want a name removed? Tell us.