A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Byatts
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Byatt 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 Byatts lived
- 1
5589 Balaclava Street
Dunbar-Southlands, 1940
- W C Byatt, an engineer at the Yorkshire Building 1940
Next door in 1940: P D Taylor at 5569. The block, door by door
- 2
3154 East Pender Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- A Byatt, an engineer 1940
Next door in 1940: J Favero at 3146 and W Logan at 3162. The block, door by door
- 3
3828 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Russell J Byatt, a printer at Murphy & Chapman 1940
Next door in 1940: O J Reavill at 3824 and J Whitelaw at 3834. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an engineer (2) and a printer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Hastings-Sunrise 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 W C Byatt at 5589 Balaclava 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 C Byatt there as the householder, an engineer at the Yorkshire Building. In 1940 the directory lists A Byatt at 3154 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Byatt there as the householder, an engineer.
The 1940 name section lists Russell J Byatt at 3828 West 11th Avenue, a printer at Murphy & Chapman.
Today
5589 Balaclava (1976), 3154 East Pender (2009) and 3828 West 11th (2018) have newer buildings, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Byatt W C5589 Balaclava, p. 7
- Byatt Wm C eng Yorkshire Bldg5589 Balaclava, p. 85
- *Byatt A3154 East Pender, p. 128
- Byatt Arth eng3154 East Pender, p. 85
- Byatt Russell J prntr Murphy & Chapman3828 West 11th, p. 85
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Byatts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Byatt 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.