A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Beemans
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Beeman at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Beemans lived
- 1
5775 Macdonald Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Mrs J E Beeman, widow of H 1940
- C Rose Beeman, proprietor of the Kerrisdale Preparatory School 1940
- 2
4568 West 8th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Mrs N M Beeman, widow of N T 1940
Next door in 1940: H D Pike at 4566 and C W Hiscutt at 4574. The block, door by door
- 3
1178 West Pender Street
Downtown, 1940
- Beeman 1940
Next door in 1940: E Lipsett at 1166 and I Wonnacott at 1182. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a proprietor. Two of them worked for Kerrisdale Preparatory School. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale 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 Mrs J E Beeman at 5775 Macdonald Street; 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 Janet E Beeman there as the householder, widow of H, with C Rose Beeman, proprietor of the Kerrisdale Preparatory School. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N M Beeman at 4568 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Nellie M Beeman there as the householder, widow of N T.
The 1940 name section lists Beeman at 1178 West Pender Street.
Today
5775 Macdonald (2009) and 4568 West 8th (2017) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1178 West Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Beeman Mrs J E5775 Macdonald, p. 105
- Beeman C Rose prop Kerrisdale Preparatory Sch5775 Macdonald, p. 39
- Beeman Janet E wid H tchr Kerrisdale Preparatory Sch5775 Macdonald, p. 39
- *Beeman Mrs N M4568 West 8th, p. 196
- Beeman Nellie M wid N T4568 West 8th, p. 39
- Beeman1178 West Pender, p. 39
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.