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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Berners

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Berner at seven addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Bernier and Boerner. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Berners at 316 East 14th in 1940.

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Where the Berners lived

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

    316 East 14th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A L Bernier, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel 1940
    • Frances G Bernier 1940
    • Kath M Bernier 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Frew at 304 and R G Hurschman at 322. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    39 East 16th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • M Emma Bernier 1940

    Next door in 1940: W C Donnenworth at 37 and T Capewell at 43. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    273 East 6th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Mrs S J Berner 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Mottishaw at 269. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2134 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • A E Berner, a salesman for E A Morris 1940

    Next door in 1940: H H Blaker at 2124 and S Arden at 2136. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3895 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Kath Bernier, a maid for M Creemer 1940

    Next door in 1940: R S Hodge at 3889. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    3792 West 18th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L J Boerner, a manager at White Lunch 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E Diamond at 3780. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2971 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • M Berner, an agent for Metro Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: E T Holly at 2963 and G Clouston at 2979. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the nine: an agent, a maid, a manager, a salesman and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (3), Dunbar-Southlands (2), Grandview-Woodland and West Point Grey. 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 A L Bernier at 316 East 14th 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 Augustin L Bernier there as the householder, a waiter at the Vancouver Hotel, with Frances G Bernier and Kath M Bernier. The 1940 name section lists M Emma Bernier at 39 East 16th Avenue.

Mrs S J Berner is listed at 273 East 6th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs S Jane Berner there as the householder. A E Berner is listed at 2134 East 6th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert E Berner there as the householder, a salesman for E A Morris.

The 1940 name section lists Kath Bernier at 3895 West 11th Avenue, a maid for M Creemer. In 1940 the directory lists L J Boerner at 3792 West 18th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Leo J Boerner there as the householder, a manager at White Lunch.

In 1940 the directory lists M Berner at 2971 West 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Mayer Berner there as the householder, an agent for Metro Life.

Today

2134 East 6th and 3792 West 18th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3895 West 11th (2000) and 2971 West 39th (1988) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 316 East 14th, 39 East 16th and 273 East 6th, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 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.