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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Branscombs

In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses

The directories print five people named Branscomb at three addresses in 1940 in two 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 Branscombs at 2681 Kitchener in 1940.

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Where the Branscombs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1261 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs Sarah Branscombe 1940

    Next door in 1940: Wosk's Ltd at 1259 and Crescent Furn at 1267. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2681 Kitchener Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Branscomb, a warehouseman 1940
    • Mary Branscomb, widow of G 1940
    • R Branscomb, a helper 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Adam at 2677 and J E McPhalen at 2689. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    55 Powell Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Joseph Branscombe, a burner at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940

    Next door in 1940: Salv Army Japanese Corps at 53. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a burner, a helper and a warehouseman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2) and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 Mrs Sarah Branscombe at 1261 Granville Street. J Branscomb is listed at 2681 Kitchener 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 John Branscomb there as the householder, a warehouseman, with Mary Branscomb, widow of G, and R Branscomb, a helper. The 1940 name section lists Joseph Branscombe at 55 Powell Street, a burner at the Burrard Dry Dock.

Today

1261 Granville and 55 Powell still have their buildings from before 1946, 55 Powell on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2681 Kitchener (1986) has a newer building, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 6 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 Branscombs

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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.