A family name on Robson Street, West End and Downtown
The Barneses
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Barnes at two addresses in 1940, all on Robson Street, with the close spellings Bairnes and Barness. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Barnes name's own page.
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Where the Barneses lived
- 1
1348 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- Mary R Barnes, widow of J R 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs B Bethune at 1332 and la belle apts at 1368. The block, door by door
- 2
1449 Robson Street
West End, 1940
- George Barnes, a warehouseman at Pilkington Bros 1940
Next door in 1940: Miss M Dickson at 1443 and Mrs N Bell at 1459. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2). 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mary R Barnes at 1348 Robson Street, widow of J R. The 1940 name section lists George Barnes at 1449 Robson Street, a warehouseman at Pilkington Bros.
Today
1348 Robson still has its building from before 1946, dated 1936 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1449 Robson, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Barnes Mary R wid J R supvr Dom Inc Tax1348 Robson, p. 32
- Barnes Geo whsmn Pilkington Bros1449 Robson, p. 32
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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: 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.