A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Baggses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Baggs at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Baggses lived
- 1
3605 Knight Street
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- E Baggs, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: A J Harrison at 3615. The block, door by door
- 2
102 West 17th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- M R Baggs, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: G Shirt at 116. The block, door by door
- 3
146 West 18th Avenue
Riley Park, 1940
- Philip Baggs, a painter at Vancouver Motors 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N C Slater at 140 and Mrs C M Cameron at 154. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an engineer, a mechanic and a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park (2) and 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 E Baggs at 3605 Knight Street; 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 Edwin Baggs there as the householder, an engineer. In 1940 the directory lists M R Baggs at 102 West 17th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Maurice R Baggs there as the householder, a mechanic at the City of Vancouver.
The 1940 name section lists Philip Baggs at 146 West 18th Avenue, a painter at Vancouver Motors.
Today
102 West 17th and 146 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; for 3605 Knight, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Baggs E3605 Knight, p. 100
- Baggs Edwin eng3605 Knight, p. 25
- Baggs M R102 West 17th, p. 224
- Baggs Maurice R mech Van City102 West 17th, p. 25
- Baggs Philip pntr Van Motors146 West 18th, p. 25
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Baggses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Baggs 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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.