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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bartleys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Bartley at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Bartleys 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

    3750 Prince Edward Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Bartley, a driver at J Fyfe Smith 1940
    • Margaret G Bartley 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Arbuckle at 3744. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    998 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs A M Bartley, widow of W J 1940
    • M Frances Bartley, a manager at Vancouver Church Goods 1940

    Next door in 1940: R P Barrett at 940. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3636 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • George Bartley, a news compositor at the Sun 1940

    Next door in 1940: M R Davis at 3628 and J W Stevens at 3642. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a driver, a manager and a news compositor. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano, Riley Park and West End. 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 J Bartley at 3750 Prince Edward Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Bartley there as the householder, a driver at J Fyfe Smith, with John A Bartley and Margaret G Bartley. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs A M Bartley at 998 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Anna M Bartley there as the householder, widow of W J, with M Frances Bartley, a manager at Vancouver Church Goods.

The 1940 name section lists George Bartley at 3636 West 3rd Avenue, a news compositor at the Sun.

Today

3750 Prince Edward, 998 Thurlow and 3636 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 3750 Prince Edward on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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, street section

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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.