A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bonnycastles
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Bonnycastle 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. The most under one roof: three Bonnycastles at 2031 West 45th in 1940.
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Where the Bonnycastles lived
- 1
2750 Grant Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- D Bonnycastle, a swamper at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Myers at 2746 and H F Williams at 2754. The block, door by door
- 2
2031 West 45th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- G F Bonnycastle, a manufacturers agent 1940
- Hugh C Bonnycastle, a clerk at J Richardson & Sons 1940
- Jocelyn L Bonnycastle, a saleswoman at the Charm of Hollywood 1940
Next door in 1940: G K Macpherson at 2017 and R Steele at 2037. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all four: a clerk, a manufacturers agent, a saleswoman and a swamper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise and Kerrisdale. 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 D Bonnycastle at 2750 Grant Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Doug Bonnycastle there as the householder, a swamper at the City of Vancouver. In 1940 the directory lists G F Bonnycastle at 2031 West 45th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George F Bonnycastle there as the householder, a manufacturers agent, with Hugh C Bonnycastle, a clerk at J Richardson & Sons, and Jocelyn L Bonnycastle, a saleswoman at the Charm of Hollywood.
Today
2750 Grant (1985) and 2031 West 45th (2011) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bonnycastle D2750 Grant, p. 61
- Bonnycastle Doug swamper Van City2750 Grant, p. 55
- Bonnycastle G F2031 West 45th, p. 262
- Bonnycastle Geo F mfrs agt2031 West 45th, p. 55
- Bonnycastle Hugh C clk J Richardson & Sons2031 West 45th, p. 55
- Bonnycastle Jocelyn L slswm Charm of Hollywood2031 West 45th, p. 55
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bonnycastles
Every directory, as one book
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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.