A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bonnells
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Bonnell 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.
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Where the Bonnells lived
- 1
736 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- F H Bonnell, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- S Bonnell, a physician 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
- 4
1430 West King Edward Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- Dr S Bonnell, a physician 1940
- Franklin H Bonnell, a barrister 1940
Next door in 1940: E E Walker at 1450. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a barrister, an on active service and a physician.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown (2), Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 F H Bonnell, a barrister, at 736 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Bonnell at 985 West 15th Avenue, on active service. In 1940 the directory lists S Bonnell, a physician, at 925 West Georgia Street.
Dr S Bonnell is listed at 1430 West King Edward Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Saul Bonnell there, a physician, with Franklin H Bonnell, a barrister.
Today
736 Granville and 1430 West King Edward still have their buildings from before 1946; 985 West 15th (1981) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 925 West Georgia, 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.
- Bonnell F H barr736 Granville, p. 64
- Bonnell Fredk act serv985 West 15th, p. 55
- Bonnell S phys925 West Georgia, p. 57
- Bonnell Dr S1430 West King Edward, p. 96
- Bonnell Franklin H barr1430 West King Edward, p. 55
- Bonnell Saul phys1430 West King Edward, p. 55
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bonnells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bonnell 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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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.