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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Billingsleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Billingsley at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Billingsleys 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

    4021 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • H G Billingsley, a freight agent at the Great Northern Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: E W Bunston at 4013 and J Carson at 4027. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3211 West 38th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • J M Billingsley, an accountant at Haye's Manufacturing 1940

    Next door in 1940: G B Forbes at 3205 and L J Morin at 3217. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1468 West 45th Avenue

    Oakridge, 1940

    • Mrs O A Billingsley, widow of H 1940
    • H Ken Billingsley, a clerk at Credit Foncier F-C 1940

    Next door in 1940: H F Meredith at 1456 and R A Scott at 1492. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the four: an accountant, a clerk and a freight agent. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Oakridge and West Point Grey. 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 H G Billingsley at 4021 West 12th 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 Harry G Billingsley there as the householder, a freight agent at the Great Northern Railway. In 1940 the directory lists J M Billingsley at 3211 West 38th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists J Malcolm Billingsley there as the householder, an accountant at Haye's Manufacturing.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs O A Billingsley at 1468 West 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Olive A Billingsley there as the householder, widow of H, with H Ken Billingsley, a clerk at Credit Foncier F-C.

Today

1468 West 45th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; 4021 West 12th (1998) and 3211 West 38th (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 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.