A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Beers
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Beer 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 Beers lived
- 1
2746 Adanac Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- M Beer, a helper at the Beach Avenue Ship Yards 1940
Next door in 1940: L J Wallace at 2730 and G M Dale at 2766. The block, door by door
- 2
2116 Macdonald Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- A L Beer, a salesman 1940
- Constance Beer, a stenographer 1940
Next door in 1940: F Layton at 2110 and L C MacLean at 2122. The block, door by door
- 3
2843 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Mrs J B Beer, widow of C H 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs J C Thomson at 2835 and Mrs A J Johns at 2849. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a helper, a salesman and a stenographer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise, Kerrisdale 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 M Beer at 2746 Adanac 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 Michael Beer there as the householder, a helper at the Beach Avenue Ship Yards. In 1940 the directory lists A L Beer at 2116 Macdonald Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur L Beer there as the householder, a salesman, with Constance Beer, a stenographer.
In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J B Beer at 2843 West 42nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Jean B Beer there as the householder, widow of C H.
Today
2116 Macdonald still has its building from before 1946, dated 1911 by the City's record; 2746 Adanac (1967) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2843 West 42nd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Beer M2746 Adanac, p. 2
- Beer Michl hlpr Beach Av Ship Yds2746 Adanac, p. 39
- Beer A L2116 Macdonald, p. 105
- Beer Arth L slsmn2116 Macdonald, p. 39
- Beer Constance sten2116 Macdonald, p. 39
- *Beer Mrs J B2843 West 42nd, p. 259
- Beer Jean B wid C H2843 West 42nd, p. 39
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Beers
Every directory, as one book
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Another name, or a house
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.