A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Braynes
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Brayne at three addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bryne. 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 Braynes lived
- 1
1122 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- James Bryne, a warehouseman 1940
- Margaret M Bryne 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M L Formby at 1120 and J R Brown at 1124. The block, door by door
- 2
1138 Harwood Street
West End, 1940
- Mrs E Bryne 1940
Next door in 1940: J Tucker at 1136 and E P Williamson at 1142. The block, door by door
- 3
4708 Joyce Street
Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940
- C Brayne, a superintendent at Vancouver Trunk & Bag 1940
- Doris M Brayne, a stenographer at Storey & Campbell 1940
Next door in 1940: T Wood at 4742. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a stenographer, a superintendent and a warehouseman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2) and Renfrew-Collingwood. 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 James Bryne at 1122 Harwood Street as the householder, a warehouseman, with Margaret M Bryne. Mrs E Bryne is listed at 1138 Harwood Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Ellen Bryne there as the householder.
C Brayne is listed at 4708 Joyce 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 Charles Brayne there as the householder, a superintendent at Vancouver Trunk & Bag, with Doris M Brayne, a stenographer at Storey & Campbell.
Today
1122 Harwood (1979) and 4708 Joyce (1967) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1138 Harwood, 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.
- Bryne Jas whsmn1122 Harwood, p. 77
- Bryne Margt M1122 Harwood, p. 77
- Bryne Mrs E1138 Harwood, p. 73
- Bryne Mrs Ellen1138 Harwood, p. 77
- *Brayne C4708 Joyce, p. 92
- Brayne Chas supt Van Trunk & Bag4708 Joyce, p. 63
- Brayne Doris M sten Storey & Campbell4708 Joyce, p. 63
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Braynes
Every directory, as one book
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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.