A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bellinghams
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Bellingham at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Billingham. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bellinghams at 3335 Kingsway in 1940.
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Where the Bellinghams lived
- 1
3335 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- E F Billingham, a wood and sawdust 1940
- Frederick Billingham, a salesman at Carleton Dry Goods 1940
- Mrs Jeanie Billingham, proprietor of Carleton Dry Goods 1940
Next door in 1940: J R McCarron at 3331 and Supreme Radio Serv at 3337. The block, door by door
- 2
20 West 14th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- John Bellingham, a baker at National Biscuit 1940
Next door in 1940: J Roscow at 14 and H H Gregg at 26. The block, door by door
- 3
1379 West 15th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- G L Bellingham, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: st george's apts at 1375 and Mrs K F Robinson at 1381. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a baker, a proprietor, a salesman and a wood and sawdust. Two of them worked for Carleton Dry Goods.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 E F Billingham at 3335 Kingsway; 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 Edward F Billingham there as the householder, retired, with Edward F Billingham Jr, a wood and sawdust, Frederick Billingham, a salesman at Carleton Dry Goods, and Mrs Jeanie Billingham, proprietor of Carleton Dry Goods. The 1940 name section lists John Bellingham at 20 West 14th Avenue, a baker at National Biscuit.
G L Bellingham is listed at 1379 West 15th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Godfrey L Bellingham there as the householder, retired.
Today
1379 West 15th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3335 Kingsway, so that building is probably gone (inferred); for 20 West 14th, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Billingham E F3335 Kingsway, p. 99
- Billingham Edw F retired3335 Kingsway, p. 47
- Billingham Edw F Jr wood and sawdust3335 Kingsway, p. 47
- Billingham Fredk slsmn Carleton Dry Goods3335 Kingsway, p. 47
- Billingham Mrs Jeanie prop Carleton Dry Goods3335 Kingsway, p. 47
- Bellingham John baker Natl Biscuit20 West 14th, p. 41
- Bellingham G L1379 West 15th, p. 219
- Bellingham Godfrey L retired1379 West 15th, p. 41
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bellinghams
Every directory, as one book
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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.