A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Westerbys
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Westerby at one address, 1631 Kingsway in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, in 1940.
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The Westerbys at home
Cedar Cottage
- 1
1631 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- A J Westerby, a salesman 1940
- Mrs Sally C Westerby, proprietor of Sally's Sandwich Shop 1940
Next door in 1940: Page W L & Sons at 1629 and Tire Bargain House at 1651. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a proprietor and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 A J Westerby at 1631 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert J Westerby there as the householder, a salesman, with Mrs Sally C Westerby, proprietor of Sally's Sandwich Shop.
Today
The City no longer lists 1631 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Westerby A J1631 Kingsway, p. 98
- Westerby Albt J slsmn1631 Kingsway, p. 651
- Westerby Mrs Sally C prop Sally's Sandwich Shop1631 Kingsway, p. 651
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Westerbys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Westerby 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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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.