A family name on West 12th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Berrys
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Berry at two addresses in 1940, all on West 12th 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 48 other streets too, all listed on the Berry name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Berrys lived
- 1
624 West 12th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Laurence Berry 1940
Next door in 1940: C B Smith at 614 and R Clements at 636. The block, door by door
- 2
4489 West 12th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Eric W Berry, an assistant secretary at the BC Government 1940
Next door in 1940: E D Bentley at 4483 and Mrs E S Lang at 4493. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: an assistant secretary.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Laurence Berry at 624 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Eric W Berry at 4489 West 12th Avenue, an assistant secretary at the BC Government.
Today
4489 West 12th (2007) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 624 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Berry Laurence624 West 12th, p. 45
- Berry Eric W asst sec BC Govt4489 West 12th, p. 45
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Berrys
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Berry 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.