A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Barneses
In the city directories 1940 · 57 addresses on 49 streets
The directories print the Barnes name at 57 addresses on 49 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Bairnes and Barness. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Barneses lived
- West End10 addresses
- Downtown8 addresses
- Kitsilano6 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- Riley Park2 addresses
- Strathcona2 addresses
- Sunset2 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands1 address
- Marpole1 address
- Oakridge1 address
- West Point Grey1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1Victoria DriveThree addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: A Barnes, Mrs S M Barnes and Thomas Barnes1940
- 2Beatrice StreetTwo addresses in Victoria-Fraserview; three people: L H Barnes, Mrs W Barnes and Wilfred M Barnes1940
- 3East 24th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; five people: G Ken Bairnes, Harry Barnes and Harry T Bairnes, and two more1940
- 4Powell StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Grandview-Woodland; two people: James Barnes and R Barnes1940
- 5Robson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: George Barnes and Mary R Barnes1940
- 6West 10th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; four people: H V Barnes, Mrs H J Barnes and John P Barnes, and one more1940
- 7West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: F P Barnes, W C Barnes and Thelma L Barnes1940
- 8Balsam StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: A E Barnes1940
- 9Bidwell StreetOne address in West End; one person: S L Barnes1940
- 10Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: John G Barnes1940
- 11Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: John D Barnes1940
- 12Cardero StreetOne address in West End; one person: M Barnes1940
37 more streets, by name: Cartier Street (1), Chambers Street (1), Comox Street (1), Cornwall Avenue (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 45th Avenue (1), East 54th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), East Georgia Street (1), Granville Street (1), Haro Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Hudson Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Kingsway (1), Larch Street (1), Macdonald Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Nicola Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Trafalgar Street (1), Walnut Street (1), Water Street (1), Waterloo Street (1), Wellington Avenue (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (1), West 48th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 57 addresses, 17 still have their buildings from before 1946, 18 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 22; each street's page names them.
The book of the Barneses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Barnes 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.