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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bushells

In the city directories 1940 · twelve people at five addresses

The directories print twelve people named Bushell at five 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. The most under one roof: four Bushells at 2091 East 7th in 1940.

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Where the Bushells 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

    2091 East 7th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • I L Bushell, a carpenter 1940
    • Ken Bushell, a clerk 1940
    • Leonard C Bushell, a clerk 1940
    • Reginald Bushell, an estimator at Contractors' Supplies 1940

    Next door in 1940: F E Evans at 2083. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    927 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Frank Bushell 1940

    Next door in 1940: “Cabins” at 923 and M Sokolich at 931. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1220 Pendrell Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ray J Bushell, a salesman at Davidson & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: F T Carveth at 1216 and H O B McDonald at 1222. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    25 West 8th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • J T Bushell, a diamond worker at Birks 1940
    • D George Bushell, a boundary worker 1940
    • E Albert Bushell, a cartoonist 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Moskovitz at 15 and J S Skuzanski at 33. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4277 West 9th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F C Bushell, retired 1940
    • Charles H G Bushell, a student at UBC 1940
    • Norman F Bushell, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Beatty at 4263 and W G Dudgeon at 4291. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for eight of the twelve: a clerk (2), a boundary worker, a carpenter, a cartoonist, a diamond worker and an estimator, among others. Two of them worked for UBC.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Strathcona, West End 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

In 1940 the directory lists I L Bushell at 2091 East 7th Avenue; 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 Isaac L Bushell there as the householder, a carpenter, with Ken Bushell, a clerk, Leonard C Bushell, a clerk, and Reginald Bushell, an estimator at Contractors' Supplies. The 1940 name section lists Frank Bushell at 927 East Pender Street. The 1940 name section lists Ray J Bushell at 1220 Pendrell Street, a salesman at Davidson & Co.

In 1940 the directory lists J T Bushell at 25 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John T Bushell there as the householder, a diamond worker at Birks, with D George Bushell, a boundary worker, and E Albert Bushell, a cartoonist. In 1940 the directory lists F C Bushell at 4277 West 9th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank C Bushell there as the householder, retired, with Charles H G Bushell, a student at UBC, and Norman F Bushell, a student at UBC.

Today

2091 East 7th and 4277 West 9th still have their buildings from before 1946; 25 West 8th (1963) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 927 East Pender and 1220 Pendrell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 15 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.