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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bannisters

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Bannister at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Banister. 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 Bannisters 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

    1232 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Kath Bannister, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: S G Ferris at 1222 and F Station at 1242. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1315 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • Birdie Banister 1940
    • Mrs Ida A Banister 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Dutton at 1309 and S Dean at 1335. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    605 East 19th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • H L Bannister, a bricklayer 1940

    Next door in 1940: D L Nolan at 615. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1212 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Arthur J Bannister, a planerman at R & H Sawmill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Apex Furn at 1210 and Baggage City at 1214. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2135 West 13th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C Banister, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E Sanderson at 2125 and I Kunitomo at 2145. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1725 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • C Bannister, a president at C Bannister Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E McMorran at 1715 and D R Levene at 1735. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1641 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • A Bannister, a gardener at Hon E W Hamber 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a bricklayer, a gardener, a millworker, a nurse, a planerman and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Downtown, Fairview, Kitsilano, Marpole and Riley Park. 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 Kath Bannister at 1232 Alberni Street, a nurse. The 1940 name section lists Birdie Banister at 1315 Davie Street, with Mrs Ida A Banister. In 1940 the directory lists H L Bannister at 605 East 19th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harold L Bannister there as the householder, a bricklayer.

The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Bannister at 1212 Granville Street, a planerman at R & H Sawmill. C Banister is listed at 2135 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Clarence Banister there as the householder, a millworker.

C Bannister is listed at 1725 West 14th 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 Chris Bannister there as the householder, a president at C Bannister Ltd. A Bannister is listed at 1641 West 59th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Bannister there as the householder, a gardener at Hon E W Hamber.

Today

1212 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record; 1315 Davie (2018), 2135 West 13th (1984) and 1641 West 59th (2010) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1232 Alberni, 605 East 19th and 1725 West 14th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 12 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

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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.