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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Birketts

In the city directories 1940 · six people at six addresses

The directories print six people named Birkett at six addresses in 1940 in six 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 Birketts 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

    3824 Dumfries Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Lillian M Birkett, a dispatcher at Lotus Taxi 1940

    Next door in 1940: W B Gilby at 3808 and L Murphy at 3840. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    5982 Dumfries Street

    Victoria-Fraserview, 1940

    • Rebecca Birkett, widow of R 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Platten at 5968 and R E Atlee at 5994. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1543 East 8th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • E Birkett, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs G Hopper at 1529 and 5 listings at 1549. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    885 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs J A Birkett, widow of H J 1940

    Next door in 1940: 21 listings at 859. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1778 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • E W Birkett, a district representative at the Commercial Credit Corporation 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Ogilvie at 1776 and C E Chapman at 1786. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2227 West 3rd Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • F Birkett, of Birkett & Cobold 1940

    Next door in 1940: G R Smith at 2223 and C Pennington at 2237. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a dispatcher, a district representative and a laborer. Two are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview, Grandview-Woodland, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Victoria-Fraserview and West End. 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 Lillian M Birkett at 3824 Dumfries Street, a dispatcher at Lotus Taxi. The 1940 name section lists Rebecca Birkett at 5982 Dumfries Street, widow of R. In 1940 the directory lists E Birkett at 1543 East 8th 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 Edward Birkett there as the householder, a laborer.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J A Birkett at 885 Thurlow Street. The 1940 name section lists Jessie A Birkett there as the householder, widow of H J. In 1940 the directory lists E W Birkett at 1778 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists E Wren Birkett there as the householder, a district representative at the Commercial Credit Corporation.

In 1940 the directory lists F Birkett at 2227 West 3rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frank Birkett there as the householder, of Birkett & Cobold.

Today

5982 Dumfries still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3824 Dumfries, 1543 East 8th, 885 Thurlow, 1778 West 14th and 2227 West 3rd, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Birketts

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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.