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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Banfields

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Banfield at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Banfields lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5575 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W O Banfield, a manager at Norwich Agencies 1940

    Next door in 1940: S S McKeen at 5525. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    601 Bute Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs H Banfield, widow of J J 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs D E Macnaughton at 647. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    431 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • J Banfield 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Bandura at 429 and Far Kay Noodle Fcty at 433. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2842 Waterloo Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • H Banfield, a lumberman 1940
    • Cyril I Banfield, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S J Birch at 2828 and H B Ward at 2856. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6454 Windsor Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W O Banfield, a laborer at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Moore at 6434 and A Spencer at 6474. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a laborer, a lumberman and a manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kitsilano, Shaughnessy, Strathcona and Sunset. 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 O Banfield at 5575 Angus Drive; 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 W Orson Banfield there as the householder, a manager at Norwich Agencies.

In January 1909 J J Banfield took out the permit to build a brick veneer apartment house at 601 Bute Street (inferred): the register's number for it is uncertain, but the owner's name is the one the directories list there. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H Banfield at 601 Bute Street. The 1940 name section lists Harriet Banfield there as the householder, widow of J J. The 1940 name section lists J Banfield at 431 East Georgia Street.

H Banfield is listed at 2842 Waterloo Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry Banfield there as the householder, a lumberman, with Cyril I Banfield, a student. The 1940 name section lists W O Banfield at 6454 Windsor Street, a laborer at Canadian White Pine.

Today

601 Bute, 2842 Waterloo and 6454 Windsor still have their buildings from before 1946, 601 Bute on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 5575 Angus Drive and 431 East Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

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.