A family name on West 42nd Avenue, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Dunbar-Southlands
The Bennetts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Bennett at two addresses in 1940, all on West 42nd Avenue, 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
2042 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Robert Bennett, a student at Mercer & Mercer 1940
Next door in 1940: R Grayston at 2032 and H Hager at 2050. The block, door by door
- 2
2065 West 42nd Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- R E Bennet, a salesman at United Milling & Grain 1940
- Robert C Bennet, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M E Falls at 2061 and W Noble at 2079. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (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 Robert Bennett at 2042 West 42nd Avenue, a student at Mercer & Mercer. R E Bennet is listed at 2065 West 42nd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Roland E Bennet there as the householder, a salesman at United Milling & Grain, with Robert C Bennet, a student.
Today
2042 West 42nd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2065 West 42nd, 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 Robt studt Mercer & Mercer2042 West 42nd, p. 43
- Bennet R E2065 West 42nd, p. 259
- Bennet Robt C studt2065 West 42nd, p. 42
- Bennet Roland E slsmn United Mlg & Grain2065 West 42nd, 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.