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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bedfords

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Bedford 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 Bedfords 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

    1139 Bute Street

    West End, 1940

    • John Bedford, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: W E Clifford at 1137 and A E Cooper at 1181. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1350 East 26th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F Bedford, a driver at Paterson Grocery 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Lovie at 1342 and J Kent at 1358. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2263 East 5th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H J Bedford, a salesman at Crystal Dairy 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Childs at 2281. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1936 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • F Bedford, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: E O Patterson at 1922 and Mrs M O'Dwyer at 1942. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    467 West 10th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • F B Bedford 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C MacKinnon at 455. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1977 West 44th Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Violet Bedford 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Morrow at 1969 and J R B Barker at 1981. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a driver and a salesman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kerrisdale, Mount Pleasant 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Bedford at 1139 Bute Street, retired. F Bedford is listed at 1350 East 26th Avenue in 1940; 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 Frank Bedford there as the householder, a driver at Paterson Grocery.

H J Bedford is listed at 2263 East 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry J Bedford there as the householder, a salesman at Crystal Dairy. F Bedford is listed at 1936 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frederick Bedford there as the householder, retired.

F B Bedford is listed at 467 West 10th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Violet Bedford at 1977 West 44th Avenue.

Today

2263 East 5th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 1350 East 26th (2010), 1936 East 6th (1965) and 1977 West 44th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1139 Bute and 467 West 10th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

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, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Bedfords

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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.