Vancouver / Names / B / Bloomfield

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bloomfields

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Bloomfield 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.

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.

Where the Bloomfields 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

    1931 Creelman Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • C E Bloomfield, a glass worker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F I A Hopkins at 1911 and Mrs M Tawse at 1933. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    958 East 29th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Rose Blomfield, a housekeeper for H R Williamson 1940

    Next door in 1940: T F Smith at 950 and F B Peck at 962. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1901 Powell Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Thomas Blomfield, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Ito at 1911. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1897 West 37th Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G A Bloomfield, a mason 1940
    • Gladys E Bloomfield 1940

    Next door in 1940: A McLean at 1877. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2620 West 4th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Bloomfield, a commercial artist 1940

    Next door in 1940: M G Vance at 2614 and W R Davies at 2622. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a commercial artist, a glass worker, a housekeeper, a laborer and a mason.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Shaughnessy. 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 C E Bloomfield at 1931 Creelman 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 Charles E Bloomfield there as the householder, a glass worker. The 1940 name section lists Rose Blomfield at 958 East 29th Avenue, a housekeeper for H R Williamson. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Blomfield at 1901 Powell Street, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists G A Bloomfield at 1897 West 37th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George A Bloomfield there as the householder, a mason, with Gladys E Bloomfield. In 1940 the directory lists E Bloomfield at 2620 West 4th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward Bloomfield there, a commercial artist.

Today

958 East 29th, 1901 Powell, 1897 West 37th and 2620 West 4th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1897 West 37th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1931 Creelman (1978) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 9 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bloomfields

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Bloomfield 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.