A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bows
In the city directories 1940 · six people at three addresses
The directories print six people named Bow at three 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. The most under one roof: four Bows at 7138 Cypress in 1940.
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Where the Bows lived
- 1
1091 Broughton Street
West End, 1940
- Mary Bow, widow of T B 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Bamford at 1019. The block, door by door
- 2
7138 Cypress Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- D S Bow, a draftsman at Hamilton Bridge 1940
- Christina M D Bow 1940
- Herbert Bow, a shipper at Pacific Meat 1940
- Norma Bow, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: J C Baldwin at 7112 and J H Houghland at 7162. The block, door by door
- 3
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the six: a draftsman and a shipper. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and West End. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary Bow at 1091 Broughton Street, widow of T B. D S Bow is listed at 7138 Cypress Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Doug S Bow there as the householder, a draftsman at Hamilton Bridge, with Christina M D Bow, Herbert Bow, a shipper at Pacific Meat, and Norma Bow, a student. D Bow is listed at 3290 Granville Street in 1940.
Today
1091 Broughton and 3290 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 7138 Cypress, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Bow Mary wid T B1091 Broughton, p. 58
- Bow D S7138 Cypress, p. 40
- Bow Christina M D7138 Cypress, p. 58
- Bow Doug S drftsmn Hamilton Bridge7138 Cypress, p. 58
- Bow Herbt shpr Pac Meat7138 Cypress, p. 58
- Bow Norma studt7138 Cypress, p. 58
- Bow D3290 Granville, p. 68
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Bows
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bow 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.