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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bastedos

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at six addresses

The directories print eleven people named Bastedo at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Bastedos at 6576 Lime in 1940.

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Where the Bastedos 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

    1876 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • William J Bastedo, a mechanic at Vancouver Auto Wrecking 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Goodman at 1870. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    119 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • W F Bastedo, a shipper 1940
    • Alvin G Bastedo 1940

    Next door in 1940: B W Miles at 111 and C A Turley at 141. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6576 Lime Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H S Bastedo 1940
    • Ralph C Bastedo, a school teacher 1940
    • Velma I Bastedo, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Mann at 6558 and W E Shane at 6592. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1455 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • L L Bastedo 1940
    • L L Bastedo, widow of A G 1940
    • Iris L Bastedo, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce 1940

    Next door in 1940: E J Querry at 1445 and Mrs J Williams at 1471. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3376 West 34th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • George C Bastedo, a broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: G E C Sumner at 3342 and G W Vennels at 3392. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    510 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G C Bastedo, a broker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Can Bk of Commerce at 508 and Ziegler's Coffee Shop at 512. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eleven: a broker, a clerk, a mechanic, a nurse, a school teacher and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William J Bastedo at 1876 Charles Street, a mechanic at Vancouver Auto Wrecking. W F Bastedo is listed at 119 East 59th 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 Walter F Bastedo there as the householder, a shipper, with Alvin G Bastedo.

H S Bastedo is listed at 6576 Lime Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Henry S Bastedo there as the householder, with Ralph C Bastedo, a school teacher, and Velma I Bastedo, a nurse. L L Bastedo is listed at 1455 West 11th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists L L Bastedo there as the householder, widow of A G, with Iris L Bastedo, a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

The 1940 name section lists George C Bastedo at 3376 West 34th Avenue, a broker. In 1940 the directory lists G C Bastedo, a broker, at 510 West Hastings Street.

Today

1876 Charles, 6576 Lime, 1455 West 11th, 3376 West 34th and 510 West Hastings still have their buildings from before 1946; 119 East 59th (2011) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 13 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.