A family name on West 39th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
The Bishops
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Bishop at one address, 3107 West 39th Avenue in Dunbar-Southlands, in 1940. The directories print the name on 54 other streets too, all listed on the Bishop name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Bishops at home
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3107 West 39th Avenue
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- R W Bishop, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- Marion Bishop, a student 1940
- Wesley E Bishop, a carpenter 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M A McKay at 3125. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a carpenter and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Dunbar-Southlands. 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 R W Bishop at 3107 West 39th 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 Robert W Bishop there as the householder, a salesman at the BC Electric Railway, with Marion Bishop, a student, and Wesley E Bishop, a carpenter.
Today
3107 West 39th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bishop R W3107 West 39th, p. 256
- Bishop Marion studt3107 West 39th, p. 49
- Bishop Robt W slsmn BCER3107 West 39th, p. 49
- Bishop Wesley E carp3107 West 39th, p. 49
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.