A family name on West 13th 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 13th 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
525 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Thomas Bennett, a driver at BC Motor Transportation 1940
Next door in 1940: L E Pettipiece at 535. The block, door by door
- 2
1726 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- W Bennett, a bookkeeper at Bloedel Stewart & Welch 1940
Next door in 1940: Studios Del Mar at 1720 and T Millar at 1746. The block, door by door
- 3
2626 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Amelia M Bennett, widow of W A 1940
Next door in 1940: J Cunningham at 2620 and J I Musgrave at 2632. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a bookkeeper and a driver. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Thomas Bennett at 525 West 13th Avenue, a driver at BC Motor Transportation. W Bennett is listed at 1726 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Wallace Bennett there as the householder, a bookkeeper at Bloedel Stewart & Welch. The 1940 name section lists Amelia M Bennett at 2626 West 13th Avenue, widow of W A.
Today
2626 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1920 by the City's record; 525 West 13th (1965) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1726 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bennett Thos drvr BC Motor Trans525 West 13th, p. 43
- Bennett W1726 West 13th, p. 212
- Bennett Wallace bkpr Bloedel Stewart & Welch1726 West 13th, p. 43
- Bennett Amelia M wid W A2626 West 13th, 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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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.