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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Benneys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Benney at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Beney. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Benneys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1841 Trafalgar Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • M L Beney, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
    • Barbara J Beney, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs J Douglas at 1831 and T Alton at 1849. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    596 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Benney 1940
    • Dora Benney, a saleswoman at Bon Ton Pastry & Confectionery 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Woo at 594 and A Benney at 598. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    598 Union Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • A Benney, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: 4 listings at 596. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a meterman, a saleswoman and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Strathcona (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

In 1940 the directory lists M L Beney at 1841 Trafalgar Street; 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 Martin L Beney there as the householder, a meterman at the BC Electric Railway, with Barbara J Beney, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists A Benney at 596 Union Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Dora Benney there, a saleswoman at Bon Ton Pastry & Confectionery.

In 1940 the directory lists A Benney, a grocer, at 598 Union Street; the 1940 line is marked * too.

Today

1841 Trafalgar and 596 Union still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 598 Union, 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.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.