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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bodnars

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Bodnar at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Bodnars 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

    1708 East 35th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • S Bodnar, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940
    • Michael Bodnar, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Mackie at 1712. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    876 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Frederick W Bodnar, a helper at Murphy Stationery 1940

    Next door in 1940: Bon Ton Pastry & Conf at 874 and Orpheum Theatre at 884. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1128 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W Bodnar, a news agent at the Canada Railway News 1940
    • Henry Bodnar, a printer at the Lions Gate Press 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cut Rate Furn at 1126 and clowes block at 1130. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a helper, a news agent, a printer and a swamper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Kensington-Cedar Cottage. 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 S Bodnar at 1708 East 35th 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 Steph Bodnar there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver, with Michael Bodnar, a student. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W Bodnar at 876 Granville Street, a helper at Murphy Stationery.

W Bodnar is listed at 1128 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists William Bodnar there as the householder, a news agent at the Canada Railway News, with Henry Bodnar, a printer at the Lions Gate Press.

Today

876 Granville still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 1708 East 35th (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1128 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

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.