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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Benders

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Bender at four 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 Benders lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1601 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs C G Bender, widow of W G 1940

    Next door in 1940: M E Campbell at 1609. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    241 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • S Bender 1940

    Next door in 1940: H L Lenheiser at 235 and J T Bradley at 253. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    543 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs J M Bender 1940

    Next door in 1940: boisdale court at 537 and L R Edge at 557. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1114 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • P Bender, a helper for Devon Cafe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J E Phillip at 1112 and New Coleen Conf at 1116. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a helper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Mount Pleasant and Riley Park. 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 C G Bender at 1601 Comox Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Christina G Bender there as the householder, widow of W G. In 1940 the directory lists S Bender at 241 East 32nd 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 lists Simon Bender there as the householder.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J M Bender at 543 East 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Jessie M Bender there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists P Bender at 1114 Robson Street. The 1940 name section lists Philip Bender there as the householder, a helper for Devon Cafe.

Today

1601 Comox still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 241 East 32nd (2005) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 543 East 7th and 1114 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1601 Comox: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Benders

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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.