A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bartons
In the city directories 1940 · 42 addresses on 34 streets
The directories print the Barton name at 42 addresses on 34 streets in 1940, in 17 of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Bartons lived
- Kitsilano6 addresses
- Downtown5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Kerrisdale4 addresses
- West Point Grey4 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands2 addresses
- Fairview2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Mount Pleasant2 addresses
- Grandview-Woodland1 address
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
- Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
- Riley Park1 address
- South Cambie1 address
- Sunset1 address
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; four people: B Barton, J Barton and Mrs L T Barton, and one more1940
- 2Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: Mrs F A Barton, James R Barton and Kathleen F Barton, and one more1940
- 3Nelson StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: M H Barton and Hugh Barton1940
- 4West 13th AvenueTwo addresses in West Point Grey; two people: G G Barton and K Barton1940
- 5West 40th AvenueTwo addresses in Arbutus Ridge and Dunbar-Southlands; four people: E J Barton, Mrs E L D Barton and Helen M Barton, and one more1940
- 6West 42nd AvenueTwo addresses in Kerrisdale; two people: I J Barton and Walter S Barton1940
- 7West 7th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: J C Barton, Alan J Barton and Elvey W A Barton, and one more1940
- 8Argyle StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; three people: R Barton, John C Barton and Sam Barton1940
- 9Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Alice Barton1940
- 10Churchill StreetOne address in Kerrisdale; three people: C Dorothy Barton, Gustavus I Barton and Miss C D Barton1940
- 11Dunbar StreetOne address in Dunbar-Southlands; three people: P W Barton, Beatrice Barton and Mona Barton1940
- 12East 49th AvenueOne address in Sunset; two people: Doug Barton and Victor A Barton1940
22 more streets, by name: East 4th Avenue (1), East 5th Avenue (1), East 7th Avenue (1), Granville Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), Lancaster Street (1), Maple Street (1), Oxford Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Triumph Street (1), Vine Street (1), West 12th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 24th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 70th Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (1), West King Edward Avenue (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 42 addresses, 16 still have their buildings from before 1946, ten have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 16; each street's page names them.
The book of the Bartons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Barton 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.