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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bays

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Bay at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Bays 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

    1041 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • D Bay, a salesman 1940
    • Fred Bay, proprietor of Annette Style Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Simmers at 1033 and Mrs R E Wray at 1047. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1279 East 51st Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • J Bay, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: P J Farrell at 1259. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1310 West 6th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • F E Bay, a foreman at the Vivian Engineering Works 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Floyd at 1300 and Mrs A Hinton at 1316. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    169 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alex Bay, a plater at Wallington Plating 1940

    Next door in 1940: Glidden Co at 167 and Parks Rooms at 177. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a foreman, a plater, a proprietor and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Sunset and West End. 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 D Bay at 1041 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists David Bay there as the householder, a salesman, with Fred Bay, proprietor of Annette Style Shop. In 1940 the directory lists J Bay at 1279 East 51st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Bay there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists F E Bay at 1310 West 6th Avenue; 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 Frederick E Bay there, a foreman at the Vivian Engineering Works. The 1940 name section lists Alex Bay at 169 West Pender Street, a plater at Wallington Plating.

Today

1041 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1279 East 51st (1969) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1310 West 6th and 169 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1041 Comox: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

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

The book of the Bays

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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.