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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bugedens

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at four addresses

The directories print seven people named Bugeden at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bugden. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Bugedens at 2115 West 16th in 1940.

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Where the Bugedens 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

    2498 Oxford Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W N Bugeden 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Donaldson at 2488. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2033 Semlin Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • H G Bugeden 1940
    • Victoria C Bugeden, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: R D Willoughby at 2041. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2115 West 16th Avenue

    Arbutus Ridge, 1940

    • T N Bugden, an engineer at Vancouver Breweries 1940
    • Ellen Bugden, a domestic 1940
    • Frederick T Bugden, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Palmer at 2105 and F B Patterson at 2135. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    871 West 59th Avenue

    Marpole, 1940

    • Dorothy V Bugden, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Gairns at 875. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a domestic, an employee, an engineer and a nurse.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge, Grandview-Woodland, Hastings-Sunrise and Marpole. 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 W N Bugeden at 2498 Oxford Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists William N Bugeden there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists H G Bugeden at 2033 Semlin Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Horace G Bugeden there as the householder, with Victoria C Bugeden, who worked for the BC Telephone.

In 1940 the directory lists T N Bugden at 2115 West 16th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Thomas N Bugden there as the householder, an engineer at Vancouver Breweries, with Ellen Bugden, a domestic, and Frederick T Bugden, a student. The 1940 name section lists Dorothy V Bugden at 871 West 59th Avenue, a nurse.

Today

2498 Oxford and 2033 Semlin Drive still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 2115 West 16th and 871 West 59th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.