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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bodners

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Bodner at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Bodners at 2244 Dundas in 1940.

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Where the Bodners 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

    2244 Dundas Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • Mrs A Bodner, widow of J 1940
    • Bessie Bodner, a cashier at Woodward's 1940
    • Jennie Bodner 1940
    • Rudolph E Bodner, an apprentice at Natal Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Bennett at 2228 and I Larsen at 2274. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1581 East 10th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F W Bodner, a driver 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Adams at 1573. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    814 Nanaimo Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J Bodner, a laborer at General Paint 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Hammond at 808 and F W Royle at 816. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1437 West 70th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • John Bodner, who worked for C N Institute 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Harvey at 1411. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the seven: an apprentice, a cashier, a driver, an employee and a laborer. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Marpole. 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 Mrs A Bodner at 2244 Dundas Street; 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 Amelia Bodner there as the householder, widow of J, with Bessie Bodner, a cashier at Woodward's, Jennie Bodner, and Rudolph E Bodner, an apprentice at Natal Garage. In 1940 the directory lists F W Bodner at 1581 East 10th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frank W Bodner there as the householder, a driver.

In 1940 the directory lists J Bodner at 814 Nanaimo Street. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Bodner there as the householder, a laborer at General Paint. The 1940 name section lists John Bodner at 1437 West 70th Avenue, who worked for C N Institute.

Today

1581 East 10th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 2244 Dundas, 814 Nanaimo and 1437 West 70th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 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.