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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bridles

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Bridle at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Bridles 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

    1966 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Miss E Bridle, rooms to let 1940
    • Ethel Bridle, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Kodama at 1950. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1145 Robson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Thomas Bridle 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Haines at 1143 and Mrs E G Portwood at 1159. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1947 Templeton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R G Bridle, an assistant manager at Woolworths 1940

    Next door in 1940: D G Stevens at 1915 and R Taylor at 1955. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: an assistant manager.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2) and Grandview-Woodland. 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 Miss E Bridle, rooms to let, at 1966 Nelson Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ethel Bridle there, who kept rooms to let. The 1940 name section lists Thomas Bridle at 1145 Robson Street.

R G Bridle is listed at 1947 Templeton Drive in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ray G Bridle there as the householder, an assistant manager at Woolworths.

Today

1947 Templeton Drive still has its building from before 1946, dated 1940 by the City's record; 1145 Robson (1949) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1966 Nelson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges
About 1915 Nelson Street, a wide street of houses behind hedges. Not at the house at 1966 Nelson: no archive photo of the 1900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Str P181.2. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bridles

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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.