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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wilbys

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Wilby at seven addresses in 1940 in six 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 Wilbys 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

    44 East 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • John Wilby, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: G L Stevens at 36 and T O Downs at 56. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1915 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • G V Wilby, an inspector at the Canadian Government 1940

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

  3. 3

    1240 Victoria Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • G Wilby, a compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Sirlin at 1232. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    324 West 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • G Wilby, a watch repairer at Spencer's 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Hamill at 318 and Mrs M A Lawrence at 334. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    179 West 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • E R Wilby, a morse operator at the CN Telegraphs 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Gray at 173 and W H Thompson at 185. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    562 West 18th Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • W Wilby, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Cath Wilby, widow of W 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Bannerman at 560 and Mrs A L Cockroft at 564. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    3826 West King Edward Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • W J Wilby, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Dumaresq at 3836. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a compositor, a conductor, an inspector, a morse operator, a school teacher and a watch repairer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Riley Park, South Cambie 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 John Wilby at 44 East 8th Avenue, retired. G V Wilby is listed at 1915 Haro Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George V Wilby there as the householder, an inspector at the Canadian Government.

G Wilby is listed at 1240 Victoria Drive 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 George Wilby there as the householder, a compositor at the Sun. G Wilby is listed at 324 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists George Wilby there as the householder, a watch repairer at Spencer's.

E R Wilby is listed at 179 West 17th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Eugene R Wilby there as the householder, a morse operator at the CN Telegraphs. W Wilby is listed at 562 West 18th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William Wilby there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Cath Wilby, widow of W.

W J Wilby is listed at 3826 West King Edward Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William J Wilby there as the householder, a school teacher.

Today

1915 Haro and 179 West 17th still have their buildings from before 1946; 324 West 14th (1979), 562 West 18th (2016) and 3826 West King Edward (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 44 East 8th and 1240 Victoria Drive, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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

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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.