A family name on West 10th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Bennetts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Bennett at three addresses in 1940, all on West 10th Avenue, 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
1200 West 10th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Bertha H Bennett, a nurse at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government 1940
Next door in 1940: J B McLeod at 1224. The block, door by door
- 2
4238 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- W Bennett, a manager at the York Hotel 1940
Next door in 1940: A W Pemberton at 4234 and L R Muir at 4244. The block, door by door
- 3
4653 West 10th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- J Bennett, a building contractor 1940
Next door in 1940: L R Found at 4649 and Mrs I Milvain at 4663. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a building contractor, a manager and a nurse.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. 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 Bertha H Bennett at 1200 West 10th Avenue, a nurse at the Shaughnessy Hospital Canadian Government. W Bennett is listed at 4238 West 10th Avenue in 1940; 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 William Bennett there as the householder, a manager at the York Hotel.
J Bennett, a building contractor, is listed at 4653 West 10th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Bennett there, a building contractor.
Today
4238 West 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; 1200 West 10th (1987) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4653 West 10th, 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.
- Bennett Bertha H nurse Shaugh Hosp Can Govt1200 West 10th, p. 42
- *Bennett W4238 West 10th, p. 201
- Bennett Wm mgr York Hotel4238 West 10th, p. 43
- *Bennett J bldg contr4653 West 10th, p. 202
- Bennett Jos bldg contr4653 West 10th, p. 43
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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Another name, or a house
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.