A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bushnells
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Bushnell at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Bushnells lived
- 1
1050 Bidwell Street
West End, 1940
- J H Bushnell, a surveyor 1940
- Christina S Bushnell, a stenographer at Milroy Grain 1940
Next door in 1940: E R Welsman at 1018. The block, door by door
- 2
- 3
850 West Hastings Street
Downtown, 1940
- J H Bushnell, a surveyor 1940
Next door in 1940: Rounsefell Ceperley at 846. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
In May 1905 Mr J H Bushnell took out the permit to build a frame house at 1050 Bidwell Street (inferred): the register's number for it is uncertain, but the owner's name is the one the directories list there. In 1940 the directory lists J H Bushnell at 1050 Bidwell 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 James H Bushnell there as the householder, a surveyor, with J Henry O Bushnell, and Christina S Bushnell, a stenographer at Milroy Grain. The 1940 name section lists May S Bushnell at 136 East 57th Avenue, a housekeeper for R J Corbin.
J H Bushnell, a surveyor, is listed at 850 West Hastings Street in 1940.
Today
850 West Hastings still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1050 Bidwell (1961) and 136 East 57th (1946) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bushnell J H1050 Bidwell, p. 13
- Bushnell Christina S sten Milroy Grain1050 Bidwell, p. 83
- Bushnell J Henry O1050 Bidwell, p. 83
- Bushnell Jas H surv 316, 850 W Hastings1050 Bidwell, p. 83
- Bushnell May S hsekpr R J Corbin136 East 57th, p. 83
- Bushnell J H surv850 West Hastings, p. 81
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Bushnells
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bushnell name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
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.