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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bawns

In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses

The directories print six people named Bawn 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. The most under one roof: four Bawns at 772 East 38th in 1940.

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Where the Bawns 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

    5609 Argyle Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • H J Bawn, a laborer at the City of Vancouver 1940
  2. 2

    772 East 38th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J H Bawn, a salesman 1940
    • Joseph P Bawn, an apprentice at Owl Drug 1940
    • Margaret A Bawn, a maid at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club 1940
    • Mollie I Bawn 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hutton at 766. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6952 Gladstone Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • W G Bawn, a janitor at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Sorenson at 6940. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: an apprentice, a janitor, a laborer, a maid and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 H J Bawn at 5609 Argyle Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists H John Bawn there as the householder, a laborer at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists J H Bawn at 772 East 38th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists James H Bawn there as the householder, a salesman, with Joseph P Bawn, an apprentice at Owl Drug, Margaret A Bawn, a maid at the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, and Mollie I Bawn.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Bawn at 6952 Gladstone Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists W George Bawn there as the householder, a janitor at UBC.

Today

772 East 38th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 5609 Argyle (1989) and 6952 Gladstone (1998) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bawns

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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.