A family name on East 7th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise
The Bishops
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Bishop at three addresses in 1940, all on East 7th Avenue. 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 54 other streets too, all listed on the Bishop name's own page.
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Where the Bishops lived
- 1
543 East 7th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Mrs Rita M Bishop, a biller 1940
Next door in 1940: boisdale court at 537 and L R Edge at 557. The block, door by door
- 2
2171 East 7th Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- Mrs M H Bishop, widow of J W 1940
Next door in 1940: P McGowan at 2165 and E W Donald at 2195. The block, door by door
- 3
2580 East 7th Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- N W V Bishop, a pipefitter at the CPR 1940
Next door in 1940: R F Bidnell at 2566 and A Muir at 2586. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a biller and a pipefitter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs Rita M Bishop at 543 East 7th Avenue, a biller. Mrs M H Bishop is listed at 2171 East 7th Avenue in 1940; 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 Mary H Bishop there as the householder, widow of J W.
N W V Bishop is listed at 2580 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Norman W V Bishop there as the householder, a pipefitter at the CPR, with Norman W Bishop, a mechanic at Walsh Motors.
Today
2580 East 7th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1929 by the City's record; 2171 East 7th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 543 East 7th, 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.
- Bishop Mrs Rita M biller Mc Mc & Prior543 East 7th, p. 49
- *Bishop Mrs M H2171 East 7th, p. 190
- Bishop Mary H wid J W2171 East 7th, p. 49
- Bishop N W V2580 East 7th, p. 190
- Bishop Norman W mech Walsh Motors2580 East 7th, p. 49
- Bishop Norman W V pipeftr CPR2580 East 7th, p. 49
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Bishops
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bishop name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.