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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Wyborns

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at three addresses

The directories print eight people named Wyborn at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Wybourn. 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 Wyborns at 396 East 40th in 1940.

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Where the Wyborns 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

    356 East 24th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W G Wyborn, a seaman 1940
    • Dinah A Wyborn, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Davies at 344 and W J Nelless at 364. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    396 East 40th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S T Wybourn, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Edna G Wybourn, a helper at Sunset Shade & Awning 1940
    • Marjorie A Wybourn, a teacher at the Academy of Useful Arts 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Arnott at 362. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1954 William Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A Wyborn, a postman 1940
    • Elsie Wyborn, a packer for W H Malkin 1940
    • Phyllis F Wyborn 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Peers at 1948 and L S Whieldon at 1962. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a conductor, a helper, a packer, a postman, a seaman and a teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 W G Wyborn at 356 East 24th 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 William G Wyborn there as the householder, a seaman, with Dinah A Wyborn, who worked for the BC Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists S T Wybourn at 396 East 40th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sid T Wybourn there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway, with Edna G Wybourn, a helper at Sunset Shade & Awning, and Marjorie A Wybourn, a teacher at the Academy of Useful Arts.

In 1940 the directory lists A Wyborn at 1954 William Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Wyborn there as the householder, a postman, with Elsie Wyborn, a packer for W H Malkin, and Phyllis F Wyborn.

Today

356 East 24th, 396 East 40th and 1954 William still have their buildings from before 1946.

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, street section

The book of the Wyborns

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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.