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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Westobys

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Westoby at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Westby. 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 Westobys at 1915 Haro in 1940.

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Where the Westobys 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

    220 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • E Westby, a deckhand at Preston Mann Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Machida at 230. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4184 Cypress Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • E B Westby, a manager at London & Western Trusts 1940
    • Mona S Westby, a nurse for Dr J C Grimson 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Labrie at 4150. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    800 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Nils Westby, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Murakubo at 802. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss A A Westoby 1940
    • Ada A Westoby, a school teacher 1940
    • Florence Westoby, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: haro lodge at 1935. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5712 Main Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • C J Westoby, a gardener 1940
    • Lydia Westoby, an operator at Georgia Hotel Beauty Shop 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the nine: a clerk, a deckhand, a gardener, a laborer, a manager and a nurse, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (2), Shaughnessy, Sunset and West End. 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 E Westby at 220 Alexander Street, a deckhand at Preston Mann Towing. E B Westby is listed at 4184 Cypress Street 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 Edgar B Westby there as the householder, a manager at London & Western Trusts, with Mona S Westby, a nurse for Dr J C Grimson. The 1940 name section lists Nils Westby at 800 East Hastings Street, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

In 1940 the directory lists Miss A A Westoby at 1915 Haro Street. The 1940 name section lists Ada A Westoby there as the householder, a school teacher, with Florence Westoby, a clerk at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists C J Westoby at 5712 Main Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles J Westoby there as the householder, a gardener, with Lydia Westoby, an operator at Georgia Hotel Beauty Shop.

Today

220 Alexander, 4184 Cypress and 1915 Haro still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 800 East Hastings and 5712 Main, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 11 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 Westobys

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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.