A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bedwells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Bedwell at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bedwells at 1941 Whyte in 1940.
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Where the Bedwells lived
- 1
3091 West 37th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Mrs E Bedwell, widow of R 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Cooke at 3075. The block, door by door
- 2
1941 Whyte Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W J Bedwell, a salesman at Oxford Motors 1940
- E W Doris Bedwell, a bookkeeper 1940
- Edward S Bedwell, a laundry worker at Pioneer Laundry 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss E Knox at 1935 and Miss L Snider at 1955. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a bookkeeper, a laundry worker and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 E Bedwell at 3091 West 37th 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 Eleanor C Bedwell there as the householder, widow of R. In 1940 the directory lists W J Bedwell at 1941 Whyte Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William J Bedwell there as the householder, a salesman at Oxford Motors, with E W Doris Bedwell, a bookkeeper, and Edward S Bedwell, a laundry worker at Pioneer Laundry.
Today
3091 West 37th (1990) and 1941 Whyte (1994) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bedwell Mrs E3091 West 37th, p. 254
- Bedwell Eleanor C wid R bkpr BC Towel3091 West 37th, p. 39
- Bedwell W J1941 Whyte, p. 167
- Bedwell E W Doris bkpr CCMTA1941 Whyte, p. 39
- Bedwell Edw S lndywkr Pioneer Lndy1941 Whyte, p. 39
- Bedwell Wm J slsmn Oxford Motors1941 Whyte, p. 39
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bedwells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bedwell 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.