A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bonhoffs
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Bonhoff at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family.
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Where the Bonhoffs lived
- 1
715 East 50th Avenue
Sunset, 1940
- J Bonhoff, a carpenter 1940
- Cornelius Bonhoff, a painter 1940
Next door in 1940: Rev L A Bygrave at 727. The block, door by door
- 2
4548 Fraser Street
Riley Park, 1940
- F B Bonhoff, a baker at Montreal Bakery 1940
Next door in 1940: T Kennedy at 4502 and Mrs E Kelly at 4590. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a baker, a carpenter and a painter.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Riley Park and Sunset. 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 J Bonhoff at 715 East 50th 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 Jacob Bonhoff there as the householder, a helper at Willman's, with John Bonhoff, a carpenter, and Cornelius Bonhoff, a painter. In 1940 the directory lists F B Bonhoff at 4548 Fraser Street. The 1940 name section lists Frederick B Bonhoff there as the householder, a baker at Montreal Bakery.
Today
715 East 50th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1937 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4548 Fraser, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bonhoff J715 East 50th, p. 265
- Bonhoff Cornelius pntr715 East 50th, p. 55
- Bonhoff Jacob hlpr Willman's715 East 50th, p. 55
- Bonhoff John carp715 East 50th, p. 55
- Bonhoff F B4548 Fraser, p. 52
- Bonhoff Fredk B baker Montreal Bky4548 Fraser, p. 55
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bonhoffs
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bonhoff 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.
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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.