A family name on Kingsway, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Bennetts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Bennett at three addresses in 1940, all on Kingsway, 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 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
855 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- G W Bennett, retired 1940
- Howard S Bennett, a clerk at Spencer's 1940
Next door in 1940: J Fleurie at 825 and W R Dean at 865. The block, door by door
- 2
1668 Kingsway
Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940
- P E Bennett, a confectioner 1940
Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 1664 and Bedspring Serv at 1690. The block, door by door
- 3
3444 Kingsway
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- A M Bennett, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Sawdust McKenzie at 3404 and A E Vell at 3452. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a clerk and a confectioner.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 G W Bennett at 855 Kingsway. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists George W Bennett there as the householder, retired, with Howard S Bennett, a clerk at Spencer's. In 1940 the directory lists P E Bennett, a confectioner, at 1668 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists Percy E Bennett there, a confectioner.
In 1940 the directory lists A M Bennett at 3444 Kingsway. The 1940 name section lists Ashton M Bennett there, retired.
Today
855 Kingsway (1948) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1668 Kingsway and 3444 Kingsway, 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.
- Bennett G W855 Kingsway, p. 97
- Bennett Geo W retired855 Kingsway, p. 42
- Bennett Howard S clk Spencers855 Kingsway, p. 42
- Bennett P E confr1668 Kingsway, p. 98
- Bennett Percy E confr1668 Kingsway, p. 43
- Bennett A M3444 Kingsway, p. 99
- Bennett Ashton M retired h rr3444 Kingsway, 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.