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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bygates

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Bygate 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 Bygates 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

    2145 Stephens Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • L Bygate, a trucker at American Can 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Ling at 2143. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3436 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Arnold Bygate, an apprentice at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L R Goffin at 3422 and F R Cornwall at 3458. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1035 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Elsie Bygate, a packer at Nabob Food Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Zem at 1033 and Mitchell Prntg & Pub at 1037. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all three: an apprentice, a packer and a trucker.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano. 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 L Bygate at 2145 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, where each person's work is printed, lists Leonard Bygate there as the householder, a carman helper at the CPR, with Leonard Bygate Jr, a trucker at American Can. The 1940 name section lists Arnold Bygate at 3436 West 19th Avenue, an apprentice at the CPR. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Elsie Bygate at 1035 West Pender Street, a packer at Nabob Food Products.

Today

2145 Stephens still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record; 3436 West 19th (1973) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1035 West Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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.