A family name on West 46th Avenue, Kerrisdale and Oakridge
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 West 46th 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
1432 West 46th Avenue
Oakridge, 1940
- J Bennett, a superintendent at the Alberta Wheat Pool 1940
- Phia Bennett 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs F R Beck at 1420 and M Fouks at 1444. The block, door by door
- 2
2137 West 46th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A E Bennett, a mechanic 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Lyons at 2131 and H McEwen at 2143. The block, door by door
- 3
2153 West 46th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Joseph H Bennett, a traveller 1940
Next door in 1940: H McEwen at 2143 and W L Farr at 2161. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the four: a mechanic, a superintendent and a traveller.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2) and Oakridge. 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 J Bennett at 1432 West 46th Avenue; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Bennett there as the householder, a superintendent at the Alberta Wheat Pool, with Phia Bennett. In 1940 the directory lists A E Bennett at 2137 West 46th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Bennett there as the householder, a mechanic.
The 1940 name section lists Joseph H Bennett at 2153 West 46th Avenue, a traveller.
Today
2137 West 46th and 2153 West 46th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1432 West 46th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bennett J1432 West 46th, p. 263
- Bennett Jos supt Alberta Wheat Pool1432 West 46th, p. 43
- Bennett Phia1432 West 46th, p. 43
- Bennett A E2137 West 46th, p. 263
- Bennett Albt E mech2137 West 46th, p. 42
- Bennett Jos H trav2153 West 46th, p. 43
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.