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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bishops

In the city directories 1940 · 62 addresses on 55 streets

The directories print the Bishop name at 62 addresses on 55 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Bishops lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown8 addresses
  2. Mount Pleasant7 addresses
  3. West End7 addresses
  4. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  5. Riley Park6 addresses
  6. Renfrew-Collingwood4 addresses
  7. Fairview3 addresses
  8. Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
  9. Hastings-Sunrise3 addresses
  10. Kitsilano3 addresses
  11. Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale2 addresses
  13. Sunset2 addresses
  14. West Point Grey2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Marpole1 address
  17. Shaughnessy1 address
  18. South Cambie1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    East 7th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: N W V Bishop, Mrs M H Bishop and Mrs Rita M Bishop
    1940
  2. 2
    Bidwell StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: A V Bishop and W F Bishop
    1940
  3. 3
    East 8th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise; eight people: A W Bishop, Bert Bishop, Charles J Bishop and five more
    1940
  4. 4
    Richards StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; three people: Bishop (no first name printed), Dorothea Bishop and Richard Bishop
    1940
  5. 5
    Thurlow StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and West End; two people: Andrew Bishop and Hilda L Bishop
    1940
  6. 6
    West 35th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: F P Bishop, R Bishop and George R Bishop
    1940
  7. 7
    Adera StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: R T Bishop
    1940
  8. 8
    Alberni StreetOne address in West End; one person: C Bishop
    1940
  9. 9
    Balaclava StreetOne address in Kitsilano; three people: E Bishop, Dorothy A Bishop and Doug E Bishop
    1940
  10. 10
    Carrall StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: P Bishop
    1940
  11. 11
    Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: C H Bishop
    1940
  12. 12
    Commercial StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: Mrs D R Bishop and Charles L Bishop
    1940

43 more streets, by name: Comox Street (1), East 13th Avenue (1), East 14th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 16th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 27th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 30th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 50th Avenue (1), East 56th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Guelph Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Harwood Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Knight Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Lincoln Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Main Street (1), Osler Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Rupert Street (1), Trinity Street (1), Water Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 17th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 4th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West Georgia Street (1), William Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 62 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 16 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 26; each street's page names them.

The book of the Bishops

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.