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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Benjamins

In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses

The directories print three people named Benjamin at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Benjamins 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

    1716 Drummond Drive

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A L Benjamin, a composer 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Edgett at 1750. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    151 West 13th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • H E Benjamin 1940
    • H G Benjamin, an office boy 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Mather at 147 and Mrs S Brewer at 153. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a composer and an office boy.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant 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 A L Benjamin at 1716 Drummond Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur L Benjamin there as the householder, a composer. In 1940 the directory lists H E Benjamin at 151 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Harry E Benjamin there as the householder, with H G Benjamin, an office boy.

Today

1716 Drummond Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 151 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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 Benjamins

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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.