A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Beddings
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Bedding at one address, 333 West 6th Avenue in Mount Pleasant, in 1940.
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The Beddings at home
Pleasant
- 1
333 West 6th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs C Bedding, widow of W 1940
- Hugh W Bedding, a clerk 1940
- Percy Bedding, a helper at N Vancouver Ship Repairs 1940
Next door in 1940: G W Brett at 325 and M J Doody at 349. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a clerk and a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs C Bedding at 333 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Charlotte Bedding there as the householder, widow of W, with Hugh W Bedding, a clerk, and Percy Bedding, a helper at N Vancouver Ship Repairs.
Today
333 West 6th (1962) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bedding Mrs C333 West 6th, p. 187
- Bedding Charlotte wid W333 West 6th, p. 39
- Bedding Hugh W clk333 West 6th, p. 39
- Bedding Percy hlpr N Van Ship Reprs333 West 6th, p. 39
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Beddings
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bedding name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.