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The Bartrams

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Bartram at seven addresses in 1940 in five 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 Bartrams lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Two addresses aren't on today's map, so they have no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    4837 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • Mrs C Bartram, widow of C M 1940

    Next door in 1940: H C Brown at 4811 and U S Annett at 4861. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5861 Churchill Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • W J Bartram, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Everett at 5837 and G A Macdonald at 5887. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4630 Connaught Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • C A Bartram, a president at Bartram Paper Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Nicholson at 4610 and D A Hamilton at 4650. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1074 East 12th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Ralph Bartram, a porter at the Castle Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Gourlie at 1062 and H G Robinson at 1080. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    6892 Laburnum Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • J L Bartram, a local manager at Shell Oil 1940
    • Marjorie B Bartram, a student 1940

    Next door in 1940: L W Hogan at 6876. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    930 Lillooet Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • C Bartram, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: T Lindsay at 910 and A Hicks at 968. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1885 West 15th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Lillian Bartram, a maid for H A Ackley 1940

    Next door in 1940: M DeLeon at 1875 and W E Shannon at 1895. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a laborer, a local manager, a maid, a porter and a president. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kerrisdale (2), Shaughnessy (2), Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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 Mrs C Bartram at 4837 Angus Drive; 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 Cath Bartram there as the householder, widow of C M. In 1940 the directory lists W J Bartram at 5861 Churchill Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists William J Bartram there as the householder, retired.

In 1940 the directory lists C A Bartram at 4630 Connaught Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles A Bartram there as the householder, a president at Bartram Paper Products. The 1940 name section lists Ralph Bartram at 1074 East 12th Avenue, a porter at the Castle Hotel.

J L Bartram is listed at 6892 Laburnum Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists J Leslie Bartram there as the householder, a local manager at Shell Oil, with Marjorie B Bartram, a student. C Bartram is listed at 930 Lillooet Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles Bartram there as the householder, a laborer.

The 1940 name section lists Lillian Bartram at 1885 West 15th Avenue, a maid for H A Ackley.

Today

4837 Angus Drive, 4630 Connaught Drive and 930 Lillooet still have their buildings from before 1946; 5861 Churchill (2009), 1074 East 12th (2012) and 1885 West 15th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 6892 Laburnum, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 13 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bartrams

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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.