A family name on East 51st Avenue, Sunset, Victoria-Fraserview and Killarney
The Webbs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Webb at two addresses in 1940, all on East 51st Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 61 other streets too, all listed on the Webb name's own page.
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Where the Webbs lived
- 1
595 East 51st Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- C F Webb, a radiotrician 1940
- Effie L Webb, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: D T Todd at 575. The block, door by door
- 2
1832 East 51st Avenue
Victoria-Fraserview, 1940
- J Webb, a plumber 1940
Next door in 1940: G A Abbott at 1842. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a plumber and a radiotrician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 C F Webb at 595 East 51st 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 C Frederick Webb there as the householder, a president at F Webb Ltd, with Charles F Webb, a radiotrician, and Effie L Webb, a student. In 1940 the directory lists J Webb at 1832 East 51st Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Webb there as the householder, a plumber.
Today
595 East 51st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 1832 East 51st (1958) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Webb C F595 East 51st, p. 266
- Webb C Fredk pres F Webb Ltd595 East 51st, p. 646
- Webb Chas F radiotrician595 East 51st, p. 646
- Webb Effie L studt595 East 51st, p. 646
- *Webb J1832 East 51st, p. 266
- Webb Jos plmbr1832 East 51st, p. 646
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Webbs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Webb name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.