A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bosdets
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Bosdet at two addresses in 1940 in West End. 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 Bosdets lived
- 1
843 Cardero Street
West End, 1940
- G P Bosdet, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: A D Bates at 893. The block, door by door
- 2
784 Thurlow Street
West End, 1940
- Helen C Bosdet, a stenographer for Grossman Holland 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E I Johnston at 752. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a motorman and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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 G P Bosdet at 843 Cardero Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Griffith P Bosdet there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Helen C Bosdet at 784 Thurlow Street, a stenographer for Grossman Holland.
Today
843 Cardero and 784 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 784 Thurlow on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bosdet G P843 Cardero, p. 26
- Bosdet Griffith P mtrmn BCER843 Cardero, p. 57
- Bosdet Helen C sten Grossman Holland784 Thurlow, p. 57
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bosdets
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bosdet 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.