A family name on Dunbar Street, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano
The Bennetts
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Bennett at three addresses in 1940, all on Dunbar Street, with the close spelling Bennet. 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 Bennetts at 5780 Dunbar in 1940. 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
1717 Dunbar Street
Kitsilano, 1940
- Rev W A Bennett, a pastor at the Mount Pleasant Regular Baptist Church 1940
- Frances E Bennett, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: R Forbes at 1715 and J F Spalding at 1731. The block, door by door
- 2
4605 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- H Bennett, a salesman at Union Oil (barge) 1940
Next door in 1940: G J Haywood at 4619. The block, door by door
- 3
5780 Dunbar Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- Miss E L Bennett 1940
- Elsie L Bennett, an accountant at Wrigley Printing 1940
- Fanny Bennett, widow of E 1940
Next door in 1940: J McCulloch at 5760 and W R Mitchell at 5792. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the six: an accountant, a pastor and a salesman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2) and Kitsilano. 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 Rev W A Bennett at 1717 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Rev W Arnold Bennett there as the householder, a pastor at the Mount Pleasant Regular Baptist Church, with Frances E Bennett, a student. In 1940 the directory lists H Bennett at 4605 Dunbar Street. The 1940 name section lists Hubert Bennett there as the householder, a salesman at Union Oil (barge).
In 1940 the directory lists Miss E L Bennett at 5780 Dunbar Street; 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 Elsie L Bennett there as the householder, an accountant at Wrigley Printing, with Fanny Bennett, widow of E.
Today
1717 Dunbar, 4605 Dunbar and 5780 Dunbar still have their buildings from before 1946, 1717 Dunbar on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bennett Rev W A1717 Dunbar, p. 44
- Bennett Frances E studt1717 Dunbar, p. 42
- Bennett Rev W Arnold pastor Mt Pleasant Regular Baptist Ch1717 Dunbar, p. 43
- Bennett H4605 Dunbar, p. 45
- Bennett Hubt slsmn Union Oil (barge)4605 Dunbar, p. 42
- *Bennett Miss E L5780 Dunbar, p. 45
- Bennett Elsie L acct Wrigley Prntg5780 Dunbar, p. 42
- Bennett Fanny wid E5780 Dunbar, p. 42
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bennetts
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.