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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bainbridges

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Bainbridge at six addresses in 1940 in four 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 Bainbridges 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

    1608 Franklin Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Fred Bainbridge, an iron worker at BC Marine 1940
  2. 2

    817 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G P Bainbridge, a philatelist 1940

    Next door in 1940: Deb Shop at 809 and Can Bank of Commerce at 819. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    892 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Bainbridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Hammer E Y Ltd at 888 and Sisters Lunch Four at 894. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    695 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Barbara Bainbridge 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E S Turnbull at 685. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4419 West 4th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W V Bainbridge, a music teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: A C Tracy at 4411 and J H Purdey at 4433. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    152 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward Bainbridge, a janitor at the Arcade Whist Club 1940

    Next door in 1940: Natl Furn Store at 150 and Trocadero Cafe Ltd at 156. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an iron worker, a janitor and a music teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Fairview, Grandview-Woodland 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Fred Bainbridge at 1608 Franklin Street, an iron worker at BC Marine. G P Bainbridge, a philatelist, is listed at 817 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists H Bainbridge at 892 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Barbara Bainbridge at 695 West 12th Avenue.

In 1940 the directory lists W V Bainbridge, a music teacher, at 4419 West 4th 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 lists Walter V Bainbridge there, a music teacher. The 1940 name section lists Edward Bainbridge at 152 West Hastings Street, a janitor at the Arcade Whist Club.

Today

152 West Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; 4419 West 4th (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1608 Franklin, 817 Granville, 892 Granville and 695 West 12th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 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

The book of the Bainbridges

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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.