A family name on Barclay Street, West End
The Bennetts
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Bennett at two addresses in 1940, all on Barclay Street, with the close spelling Bennet. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 116 other streets too, all listed on the Bennett name's own page.
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Where the Bennetts lived
- 1
1428 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- James E Bennet, a machinist operator at the Province 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Lambie at 1420 and B Bernhardt at 1436. The block, door by door
- 2
1832 Barclay Street
West End, 1940
- H R Bennett, a clerk at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: J E T Yewdall at 1818 and 4 listings at 1834. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a machinist operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists James E Bennet at 1428 Barclay Street, a machinist operator at the Province. H R Bennett is listed at 1832 Barclay Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry R Bennett there as the householder, a clerk at the CPR.
Today
The City no longer lists 1428 Barclay and 1832 Barclay, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bennet Jas E mach opr Province1428 Barclay, p. 42
- Bennett H R1832 Barclay, p. 9
- Bennett Henry R clk CPR1832 Barclay, p. 42
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Bennetts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bennett name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.