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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bowyers

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at nine addresses

The directories print nine people named Bowyer at nine addresses in 1940 in seven 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 Bowyers lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1818 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harry L Bowyer, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H R Bennett at 1832. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2070 Blenheim Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • D J Bowyer, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M A Strang at 2060. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    295 East 32nd Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • R T Bowyer, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Auton at 291. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2704 East 4th Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Bowyer, a president at the Musicians' Union 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Kargl at 2716. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    322 East 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • T Bowyer, a painter 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Ledgerwood at 316 and C T Strain at 330. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4518 Elgin Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • T Bowyer, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E Tilton at 4524. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    5890 Joyce Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • A C Bowyer, a carpenter at Woodward's 1940

    Next door in 1940: F N Holmes at 5878. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4472 Quebec Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • M J Bowyer, a decorator 1940

    Next door in 1940: E A Lovitt at 4464. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    4436 Welwyn Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Grace E Bowyer, a housekeeper for S F Melville 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rev D A Fowlie at 4460. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a decorator (2), a carpenter, a fireman, a housekeeper, a painter and a president.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Riley Park (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Killarney, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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 Harry L Bowyer at 1818 Barclay Street, retired. D J Bowyer is listed at 2070 Blenheim Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Dorian J W Bowyer there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.

R T Bowyer is listed at 295 East 32nd Avenue in 1940; 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 lists Ross T Bowyer there as the householder, a decorator. J Bowyer is listed at 2704 East 4th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Joshua Bowyer there as the householder, a president at the Musicians' Union.

T Bowyer is listed at 322 East 7th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Bowyer there as the householder, a painter. T Bowyer is listed at 4518 Elgin Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Bowyer there as the householder, retired.

A C Bowyer is listed at 5890 Joyce Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred C Bowyer there as the householder, a carpenter at Woodward's. M J Bowyer is listed at 4472 Quebec Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mason J Bowyer there as the householder, a decorator.

The 1940 name section lists Grace E Bowyer at 4436 Welwyn Street, a housekeeper for S F Melville.

Today

2070 Blenheim, 295 East 32nd, 5890 Joyce and 4436 Welwyn still have their buildings from before 1946; 2704 East 4th (1989), 4518 Elgin (1981) and 4472 Quebec (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1818 Barclay and 322 East 7th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Bowyers

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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.