A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Bartons
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Barton at two addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. 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 33 other streets too, all listed on the Barton name's own page.
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Where the Bartons lived
- 1
4106 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- K Barton, a clerk at Powell River Sales 1940
Next door in 1940: O W Brown at 4114. The block, door by door
- 2
4122 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- G G Barton, a secretary to general superintendent at the CNR 1940
Next door in 1940: O W Brown at 4114 and C J Heaney at 4130. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all two: a clerk and a secretary to general superintendent.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West Point Grey (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
In 1940 the directory lists K Barton at 4106 West 13th 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 Ken F Barton there as the householder, a clerk at Powell River Sales. In 1940 the directory lists G G Barton at 4122 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists George G Barton there as the householder, a secretary to general superintendent at the CNR.
Today
4106 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 4122 West 13th (1992) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Barton K4106 West 13th, p. 213
- Barton Ken F clk Powell River Sales4106 West 13th, p. 34
- Barton G G4122 West 13th, p. 213
- Barton Geo G sec to genl supt CNR4122 West 13th, p. 34
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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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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.