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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bolts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Bolt at five 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.

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Where the Bolts 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

    2049 East 45th Avenue

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Mrs A S Bolt, widow of J 1940

    Next door in 1940: S Richardson at 2019 and E E Hill at 2065. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    456 East 46th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • R J Bolt, a longshoreman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H R Bruner at 448 and J H Proctor at 460. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1035 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Florence Bolt, a waitress at the Georgia Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Maple Leaf Cafe at 1033 and Coast Cap Mfg at 1037. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    543 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M J Bolt, widow of F 1940
    • Margaret Bolt, a waitress 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M McDougall at 541 and Mrs B C Morris at 547. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    840 Nelson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Bolt, proprietor of Nelson Smoke Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oke & Duke at 808. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the six: a waitress (2), a longshoreman and a proprietor. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3), Sunset and Victoria-Fraserview. 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 S Bolt at 2049 East 45th 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 Amelia S Bolt there as the householder, widow of J. In 1940 the directory lists R J Bolt at 456 East 46th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Reginald J Bolt there as the householder, a longshoreman.

The 1940 name section lists Florence Bolt at 1035 Granville Street, a waitress at the Georgia Hotel. Mrs M J Bolt is listed at 543 Helmcken Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Margaret J Bolt there as the householder, widow of F, with Margaret Bolt, a waitress.

G Bolt is listed at 840 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Geoffrey Bolt there as the householder, proprietor of Nelson Smoke Shop.

Today

456 East 46th and 1035 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; 2049 East 45th (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 543 Helmcken and 840 Nelson, 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.