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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Barracloughs

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Barraclough at five addresses in 1940 in four 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 Barracloughs 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

    1700 Barclay Street

    West End, 1940

    • Henry Barraclough 1940

    Next door in 1940: N Page at 1708. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    725 Broughton Street

    West End, 1940

    • Bearraclough (no first name printed) 1940

    Next door in 1940: E S Wise at 719. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    6385 Chester Street

    Sunset, 1940

    • W B Barraclough, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: F M Craighead at 6363 and C J Pratt at 6395. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1955 Graveley Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • R Barraclough, a mechanic 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Anderton at 1965. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    5786 Larch Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • E Barraclough, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C C Padley at 5774 and H J Stephens at 5798. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the five: a mechanic.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Grandview-Woodland, Kerrisdale and Sunset. 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 Henry Barraclough at 1700 Barclay Street. The 1940 name section lists Bearraclough (no first name printed) at 725 Broughton Street. In 1940 the directory lists W B Barraclough at 6385 Chester 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 lists William B Barraclough there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists R Barraclough at 1955 Graveley Street. The 1940 name section lists Ray Barraclough there as the householder, a mechanic. In 1940 the directory lists E Barraclough at 5786 Larch Street. The 1940 name section lists Earl Barraclough there as the householder, retired.

Today

6385 Chester (1998) and 1955 Graveley (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1700 Barclay, 725 Broughton and 5786 Larch, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Barracloughs

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.