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The Bassetts

In the city directories 1940 · 13 people at eleven addresses

The directories print 13 people named Bassett at eleven addresses in 1940 in nine of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bassetts at 2036 West 15th in 1940.

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Where the Bassetts lived

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

    1537 Adanac Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Lyle Bassett 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Westwood at 1531. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    220 Alexander Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • W Bassett, a 2nd engineer at Preston-Mann Towing 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Machida at 230. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2337 Columbia Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • William Bassett, an edgerman at Burke Lumber 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Chapman at 2333 and D B Derton at 2339. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1941 Cornwall Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • S G Bassett, proprietor of Ann's Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Safeway Stores at 1945. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1038 Main Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Charles Bassett, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Main Sheet Metal Works at 1024. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    5837 Marguerite Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Margaret Bassett, a maid for W W Thomson 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A MacIntosh at 5811 and H Wood at 5861. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1502 Rupert Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • R W Bassett, a telegraph operator 1940
  8. 8

    2036 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A Bassett, a warehouseman for W H Malkin 1940
    • Edward C Bassett, in mining 1940
    • Margaret E Bassett, a stenographer at Pemberton Insurance 1940

    Next door in 1940: J K Sinclair at 2024 and W Pamphilon at 2046. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4387 West 15th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R F Bassett, an accountant at Continental Securities 1940

    Next door in 1940: G A Hodson at 4383 and H Carson at 4393. The block, door by door

  10. 10

    3951 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • K V Bassett, a department manager at Superior Stores 1940

    Next door in 1940: L P Carter at 3947 and G R Morrow at 3957. The block, door by door

  11. 11

    1250 West 54th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • Gertrude Bassett, a maid for C Wallace 1940

What they did

The name section prints a trade for ten of the 13: a maid (2), an accountant, a department manager, an edgerman, a mining and a proprietor, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Strathcona (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant, Oakridge 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 Lyle Bassett at 1537 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section lists W Bassett at 220 Alexander Street, a 2nd engineer at Preston-Mann Towing. The 1940 name section lists William Bassett at 2337 Columbia Street, an edgerman at Burke Lumber.

S G Bassett is listed at 1941 Cornwall Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Syd G Bassett there as the householder, proprietor of Ann's Bakery. The 1940 name section lists Charles Bassett at 1038 Main Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Bassett at 5837 Marguerite Street, a maid for W W Thomson.

R W Bassett is listed at 1502 Rupert Street 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 Robert W Bassett there as the householder, a telegraph operator. A Bassett is listed at 2036 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Archibald Bassett there as the householder, a secretary at Pemberton & Son, with Arnold E Bassett, a warehouseman for W H Malkin, Edward C Bassett, in mining, and Margaret E Bassett, a stenographer at Pemberton Insurance.

R F Bassett is listed at 4387 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Rolf F Bassett there as the householder, an accountant at Continental Securities. K V Bassett is listed at 3951 West 20th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists K Val Bassett there as the householder, a department manager at Superior Stores.

The 1940 name section lists Gertrude Bassett at 1250 West 54th Avenue, a maid for C Wallace.

Today

220 Alexander, 1038 Main, 5837 Marguerite, 2036 West 15th, 4387 West 15th and 3951 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1038 Main and 2036 West 15th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1537 Adanac, 2337 Columbia, 1941 Cornwall and 1502 Rupert, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 1250 West 54th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

Every line as printed

All 19 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.