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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bennies

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Bennie at five addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bennies at 272 East 59th in 1940.

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Where the Bennies 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

    520 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Edward Benie, a chauffeur 1940

    Next door in 1940: Burrard Cleaners at 500 and Mrs L Ritchie at 530. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    534 Burrard Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Duncan Bennie, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Ritchie at 530 and Mrs M V Adams at 540. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2559 East 19th Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • T Bennie, a woodworker 1940
    • Marjorie S Bennie, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Wells at 2545. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    272 East 59th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R A Bennie, a cabinetmaker 1940
    • James L Bennie, a cabinetmaker for R A Bennie 1940
    • Robert F Bennie, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: E Stigant at 258 and C B Olsen at 280. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    555 West Broadway

    Fairview, 1940

    • R A Bennie, a cabinetmaker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Utz at 551 and Sales Motorcycle at 561. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: a cabinetmaker (2), a chauffeur, a laborer, a stenographer and a woodworker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview, Renfrew-Collingwood and Sunset. 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 Edward Benie at 520 Burrard Street, a chauffeur. The 1940 name section lists Duncan Bennie at 534 Burrard Street, a laborer. In 1940 the directory lists T Bennie at 2559 East 19th 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 lists Thomas Bennie there as the householder, a woodworker, with Marjorie S Bennie, a stenographer.

In 1940 the directory lists R A Bennie at 272 East 59th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Robert A Bennie there as the householder, a cabinetmaker, with James L Bennie, a cabinetmaker for R A Bennie, and Robert F Bennie, a student. In 1940 the directory lists R A Bennie, a cabinetmaker, at 555 West Broadway.

Today

2559 East 19th and 555 West Broadway still have their buildings from before 1946; 272 East 59th (2003) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 520 Burrard and 534 Burrard, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Bennies

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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.