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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Borries

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Borrie at three addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. 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 Borries at 952 East Pender in 1940.

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Where the Borries 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

    2072 East 6th Avenue

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • J V Borrie, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Thompson at 2064. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    952 East Pender Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Mrs S A Borrie, widow of R 1940
    • Jean Borrie 1940
    • Violet Borrie, a packer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: Sisters of the Immaculate Conception at 940 and I J Evans at 968. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4056 West 8th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • W J Borrie, a president at Pemberton & Son 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Davies at 4046 and R R Orr at 4066. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a packer, a president and a shopman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland, Strathcona 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 J V Borrie at 2072 East 6th 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 John V Borrie there as the householder, a shopman at the Canadian (BC) Telephone. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs S A Borrie at 952 East Pender Street; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Sarah A Borrie there as the householder, widow of R, with Jean Borrie, and Violet Borrie, a packer at BC Sugar.

In 1940 the directory lists W J Borrie at 4056 West 8th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Wilfrid J Borrie there as the householder, a president at Pemberton & Son.

Today

2072 East 6th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1921 by the City's record; 4056 West 8th (2002) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 952 East Pender, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.
1936–1938 Riders in costume in a Chinese parade on East Pender Street, past the Kwong Yee Lung Co.. Not at the house at 952 East Pender: no archive photo of the 900 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 300-101. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Borries

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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.