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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bauches

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Bauch at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Bauches 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

    1222 Alberni Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss D M Bauch 1940

    Next door in 1940: T L Smith at 1220 and Mrs M A Jones at 1232. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    884 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • Alfred Bauch, a sign writer for J J Osborne 1940
    • Peter Bauch, a salesman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bute Lodge at 836 and Mrs A Dann at 894. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1143 Howe Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joseph Bauche, proprietor of Topp's Specialty Sandwich 1940

    Next door in 1940: Roller Rink Moonlight at 1129 and Contl Uphol Co at 1147. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a proprietor, a salesman and a sign writer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Downtown. 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 Miss D M Bauch at 1222 Alberni Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Alfred Bauch at 884 Bute Street, a sign writer for J J Osborne, with Peter Bauch, a salesman. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Bauche at 1143 Howe Street, proprietor of Topp's Specialty Sandwich.

Today

884 Bute still has its building from before 1946, dated 1909 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1222 Alberni and 1143 Howe, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 4 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.