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The Bullens

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at eight addresses

The directories print eleven people named Bullen at eight addresses in 1940 in five 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 Bullens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    431 East Georgia Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • R Bullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: M Bandura at 429 and Far Kay Noodle Fcty at 433. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    159 East Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • George Bullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: Common Gold Cafe at 151 and Balmoral Hotel Cigar Stand at 161. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    2608 Granville Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • H E Bullen, a photographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: E D Macfarlane at 2606 and Normandy Hat Shop at 2626. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1642 Stephens Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • W G Bullen, proprietor of Bullen Bros Bakery 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Crowhurst at 1636 and Dr J H White at 1648. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3922 West 12th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • E S Bullen, a clerk at the Vancouver City School Board 1940
    • Gordon Bullen, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Anderson at 3914 and L G Trorey at 3932. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2202 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • G F Bullen, a music teacher 1940
    • Norman H Bullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Oulton at 2212. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2505 West 2nd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Geoffrey W Bullen, a polisher at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: A E Bullock at 2525. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2977 West 5th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Mrs E Bullen, widow of H 1940
    • Edith M Bullen 1940

    Next door in 1940: S E Darragh at 2971 and W L Green at 2985. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eleven: a clerk, a music teacher, a photographer, a polisher and a proprietor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (4), Downtown, Fairview, Strathcona and West Point Grey. 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 R Bullen at 431 East Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists George Bullen at 159 East Hastings Street. In 1940 the directory lists H E Bullen, a photographer, at 2608 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Harry E Bullen there, a photographer.

In 1940 the directory lists W G Bullen at 1642 Stephens 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 lists W Geoffrey Bullen there as the householder, proprietor of Bullen Bros Bakery. In 1940 the directory lists E S Bullen at 3922 West 12th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Edwin S Bullen there as the householder, a clerk at the Vancouver City School Board, with Gordon Bullen, a student.

In 1940 the directory lists G F Bullen, a music teacher, at 2202 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists George F Bullen there, a music teacher, with Norman H Bullen. The 1940 name section lists Geoffrey W Bullen at 2505 West 2nd Avenue, a polisher at the BC Electric Railway.

Mrs E Bullen is listed at 2977 West 5th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Elizabeth Bullen there as the householder, widow of H, with Edith M Bullen.

Today

1642 Stephens, 3922 West 12th, 2505 West 2nd and 2977 West 5th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1642 Stephens and 2505 West 2nd on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2608 Granville (1966) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 431 East Georgia and 2202 West 2nd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred); for 159 East Hastings, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.

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

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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.