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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bradners

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Bradner at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Bradners 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

    522 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • John H Breadner 1940

    Next door in 1940: Merritt Gordon Hotel (Annex) at 520. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4172 Welwyn Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • J Bradner, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: Cedar Cottage Gospel Hall at 4162 and Mrs H C Helmer at 4180. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4298 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • F E Bradner, a police officer at the BC Government 1940

    Next door in 1940: A F McAuley at 4294. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3517 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • F G Bradner, a hauling contractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: R B Archibald at 3507 and G V Coles at 3523. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a hauling contractor and a police officer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 John H Breadner at 522 Richards Street. J Bradner is listed at 4172 Welwyn Street in 1940; 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 Joseph Bradner there as the householder, retired.

F E Bradner is listed at 4298 West 11th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Francis E Bradner there as the householder, a police officer at the BC Government. F G Bradner is listed at 3517 West 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Frank G Bradner there, a hauling contractor.

Today

4298 West 11th and 3517 West 20th still have their buildings from before 1946; 4172 Welwyn (2009) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 522 Richards, 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.
1940

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

The book of the Bradners

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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.