A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Berrys
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Berry at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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.
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Where the Berrys lived
- 1
1506 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- F Berry, an upholsterer 1940
Next door in 1940: D A Ward at 1510. The block, door by door
- 2
1585 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- J H Berry, a clerk at the City of Vancouver 1940
Next door in 1940: B G Smalley at 1575 and H S Harvey at 1595. The block, door by door
- 3
4578 West 13th Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- C L Berry, a decorator 1940
Next door in 1940: W L Locke at 4570 and A McLeod at 4584. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a clerk, a decorator and an upholsterer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2) 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 F Berry at 1506 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Berry there as the householder, an upholsterer, with Florence M Berry, a pianist at the BC Government. In 1940 the directory lists J H Berry at 1585 West 13th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists James H Berry there as the householder, a clerk at the City of Vancouver.
In 1940 the directory lists C L Berry, a decorator, at 4578 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 lists Charles L Berry there, a decorator.
Today
1585 West 13th and 4578 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1506 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Berry F1506 West 13th, p. 212
- Berry Florence M pianist BC Govt1506 West 13th, p. 45
- Berry Fredk uphol 1999 W 41506 West 13th, p. 45
- Berry J H1585 West 13th, p. 212
- Berry Jas H clk Van City1585 West 13th, p. 45
- *Berry C L decrtr4578 West 13th, p. 214
- Berry Chas L decrtr4578 West 13th, p. 45
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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.