A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Baileys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Bailey at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 74 other streets too, all listed on the Bailey name's own page.
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Where the Baileys lived
- 1
1365 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs M J Bailey, widow of W 1940
- Emerson Bailey, a helper at Northern Metals & Engineering 1940
Next door in 1940: F P Wilson at 1355 and florence (the) at 1375. The block, door by door
- 2
2750 West 14th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- R E Bailey, a salesman at National Cash Register 1940
Next door in 1940: R H Davidson at 2744 and W E Weeks at 2756. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a helper and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview and Kitsilano. 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 Mrs M J Bailey at 1365 West 14th 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 Martha J Bailey there as the householder, widow of W, with Emerson Bailey, a helper at Northern Metals & Engineering. In 1940 the directory lists R E Bailey at 2750 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists R Eric Bailey there as the householder, a salesman at National Cash Register.
Today
2750 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1365 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bailey Mrs M J1365 West 14th, p. 215
- Bailey Emerson hlpr Northern Metals & Eng1365 West 14th, p. 25
- Bailey Martha J wid W1365 West 14th, p. 25
- Bailey R E2750 West 14th, p. 216
- Bailey R Eric slsmn Natl Cash Register2750 West 14th, p. 25
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Baileys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bailey 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.