A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Barneses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Barnes at two addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue, 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
2267 West 11th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W C Barnes, a shipper at Vancouver Breweries 1940
- Thelma L Barnes, who worked for BC Distil 1940
Next door in 1940: A Dyer at 2265 and A W Beveridge at 2275. The block, door by door
- 2
4523 West 11th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- F P Barnes, a fireman at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: F W O'Brien at 4513 and J Kerr at 4533. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: an employee, a fireman and a shipper.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano 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 Barnes at 2267 West 11th Avenue; 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 Barnes there as the householder, a shipper at Vancouver Breweries, with Thelma L Barnes, who worked for BC Distil. In 1940 the directory lists F P Barnes at 4523 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Frank P Barnes there as the householder, a fireman at the City of Vancouver.
Today
The City no longer lists 2267 West 11th and 4523 West 11th, so those buildings are 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.
- *Barnes W C2267 West 11th, p. 204
- Barnes Thelma L emp BC Distil2267 West 11th, p. 32
- Barnes Wm C shpr Van Brew2267 West 11th, p. 32
- Barnes F P4523 West 11th, p. 205
- Barnes Frank P firmn Van City4523 West 11th, p. 32
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.