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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bogarts

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Bogart at five addresses in 1940 in five 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 Bogarts lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1686 Charles Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A L Bogart, a wireman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L Skealing at 1676. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    969 Homer Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Robert Boogart, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Oil Morris at 967 and J McD Third at 977. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    998 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • C F Bogart 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    362 West 18th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J K Bogart, a shipwright at the Union Steamship Company 1940

    Next door in 1940: T E Thompson at 342 and A J Kappele at 376. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2077 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Frederick H Bogart, a store manager at Sutherland's Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: G C Fowler at 2073 and P Ross at 2099. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a laborer, a shipwright, a store manager and a wireman.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Grandview-Woodland, Kitsilano, Riley Park and West End. 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 A L Bogart at 1686 Charles Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Albert L Bogart there as the householder, a wireman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Robert Boogart at 969 Homer Street, a laborer.

C F Bogart is listed at 998 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles F Bogart there as the householder. J K Bogart is listed at 362 West 18th 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 James K Bogart there as the householder, a shipwright at the Union Steamship Company.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick H Bogart at 2077 West 3rd Avenue, a store manager at Sutherland's Ltd.

Today

998 Thurlow and 362 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 2077 West 3rd (1980) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1686 Charles and 969 Homer, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street
About 1910 Firefighters with their horse-drawn wagons in front of Firehall No. 9 at Salsbury Drive and Charles Street. Not at the house at 1686 Charles: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 354-335. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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.