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The Beans

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at six addresses

The directories print seven people named Bean at six addresses in 1940 in five 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 Beans 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

    1234 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W E Bean, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Universal Films Empire at 1218 and H W Burnett at 1242. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    464 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • S Bean, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: J L Lougheed at 454 and Mrs M Harold at 470. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    8179 Fremlin Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • C H Bean, a salesman at Ainslie & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: F C Fawcett at 8155. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3558 West 41st Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • B T Bean, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H K Ellison at 3542 and A W Bell at 3564. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1589 West 64th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • W A Bean, a laborer 1940
    • Margaret A Bean, a saleswoman at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: J G Brock at 1571. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4402 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs L E Bean, widow of J M 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Watts at 4406. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: a fireman, a laborer, a mechanic, a salesman and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Marpole (2), Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Mount Pleasant and West Point Grey. 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 E Bean, rooms to let, at 1234 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William E Bean there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists S Bean at 464 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Stan Bean there as the householder, a mechanic.

In 1940 the directory lists C H Bean at 8179 Fremlin Street. The 1940 name section lists Charles H Bean there as the householder, a salesman at Ainslie & Co. In 1940 the directory lists B T Bean at 3558 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Barton T Bean there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

In 1940 the directory lists W A Bean at 1589 West 64th 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 William A Bean there as the householder, a laborer, with Margaret A Bean, a saleswoman at Woolworths. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs L E Bean at 4402 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Laura E Bean there as the householder, widow of J M.

Today

4402 West 8th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1930 by the City's record; 1589 West 64th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1234 Burrard, 464 East 7th, 8179 Fremlin and 3558 West 41st, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, 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.