A family name on West 8th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Baileys
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Bailey at three addresses in 1940, all on West 8th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
1499 West 8th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs E Bailey, widow of J W 1940
Next door in 1940: S McMaster at 1495. The block, door by door
- 2
2514 West 8th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Margaret Bailey, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs G H Adams at 2508 and J S Russell at 2536. The block, door by door
- 3
4616 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs A M Bailey, widow of W W 1940
- Alice T Bailey, a nurse at P H Van Dervoort 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Davis at 4606 and Mrs F Morgan at 4626. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a nurse (2). Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and West Point Grey. 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 E Bailey at 1499 West 8th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth Bailey there as the householder, widow of J W. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Bailey at 2514 West 8th Avenue, a nurse at the Vancouver General Hospital.
Mrs A M Bailey is listed at 4616 West 8th Avenue 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 Alice M Bailey there as the householder, widow of W W, with Alice T Bailey, a nurse at P H Van Dervoort.
Today
2514 West 8th (2010) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1499 West 8th and 4616 West 8th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bailey Mrs E1499 West 8th, p. 195
- Bailey Eliz wid J W1499 West 8th, p. 25
- Bailey Margt nurse Van Genl Hosp2514 West 8th, p. 25
- *Bailey Mrs A M4616 West 8th, p. 197
- Bailey Alice M wid W W4616 West 8th, p. 25
- Bailey Alice T nurse P H Van Dervoort4616 West 8th, p. 25
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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 B. Want a name removed? Tell us.