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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bathgates

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Bathgate at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Bathgates at 235 West 10th in 1940.

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Where the Bathgates 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

    2917 East 1st Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W Bathgate, a guard at the Detention Home 1940
    • John Bathgate, a delivery for R M Brown 1940

    Next door in 1940: R M Burns at 2911 and F H Pike at 2925. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    235 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Miss C Bathgate 1940
    • Cecelia Bathgate, a maid at the Vancouver General Hospital 1940
    • Isabel Bathgate, a presser at the Pride of the West 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J Nicholson at 237. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1703 West 36th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W C Bathgate, a salesman at Carter MacDonald 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Leslie at 1727. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a delivery, a guard, a maid, a presser and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Mount Pleasant and Shaughnessy. 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 Bathgate at 2917 East 1st Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William Bathgate there as the householder, a guard at the Detention Home, with John Bathgate, a delivery for R M Brown. In 1940 the directory lists Miss C Bathgate at 235 West 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Cecelia Bathgate there as the householder, a maid at the Vancouver General Hospital, with Isabel Bathgate, a presser at the Pride of the West.

In 1940 the directory lists W C Bathgate at 1703 West 36th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William C Bathgate there as the householder, a salesman at Carter MacDonald.

Today

2917 East 1st still has its building from before 1946, dated 1925 by the City's record; 235 West 10th (1968) and 1703 West 36th (2019) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.