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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bengoughs

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Bengough at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Bengoughs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1621 East 11th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • C L Bengough, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: W M Kay at 1619 and C McSpadden at 1625. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2012 Nanaimo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • G R Bengough, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Dorman at 2026. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2416 Pandora Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • P R Bengough 1940
    • Margery A Bengough, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Kennedy at 2422. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: a carpenter, a conductor, an employee and a secretary.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 C L Bengough at 1621 East 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Clif L Bengough there as the householder, a conductor at the BC Electric Railway. In 1940 the directory lists G R Bengough at 2012 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section lists George R Bengough there as the householder, a carpenter.

In 1940 the directory lists P R Bengough at 2416 Pandora Street. The 1940 name section lists Percy R Bengough there as the householder, with Margery A Bengough, who worked for the BC Telephone.

Today

1621 East 11th (2021) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2012 Nanaimo and 2416 Pandora, so those buildings are 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bengoughs

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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.