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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Banburys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses

The directories print five people named Banbury at two addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Banburys at 2657 West 41st in 1940.

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Where the Banburys lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    5835 Ormidale Street

    Killarney, 1940

    • T A Banbury, a salesman 1940
    • Mary E Banbury, a stenographer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T C Preston at 5831 and J F Looney at 5845. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2657 West 41st Avenue

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • H S Banbury, proprietor of H S Banbury & Co 1940
    • Marion S Banbury, a student 1940
    • Max C Banbury, a sign writer 1940

    Next door in 1940: G K Allen at 2641 and J E Hopkins at 2675. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a proprietor, a salesman, a sign writer and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale and Killarney. 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 T A Banbury at 5835 Ormidale 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 Thomas A Banbury there as the householder, a salesman, with Mary E Banbury, a stenographer. In 1940 the directory lists H S Banbury at 2657 West 41st Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Hugh S Banbury there as the householder, proprietor of H S Banbury & Co, with Marion S Banbury, a student, and Max C Banbury, a sign writer.

Today

5835 Ormidale and 2657 West 41st still have their buildings from before 1946, 5835 Ormidale on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Banburys

Every directory, as one book

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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.