A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Breezes
In the city directories 1940 · five people at three addresses
The directories print five people named Breeze 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 Breezes at 6568 Maple in 1940.
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Where the Breezes lived
- 1
1056 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Helen Breeze, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
1154 Gilford Street
West End, 1940
- J Frank Breeze 1940
Next door in 1940: G L Foerster at 1106. The block, door by door
- 3
6568 Maple Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- W G Breeze, proprietor of W G Breeze & Co 1940
- John E Breeze, an assistant at UBC 1940
- W Francis Breeze 1940
Next door in 1940: M L Swartz at 6544 and J M MacAdam at 6592. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: an assistant, a nurse and a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in West End (2) and Kerrisdale. 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 Helen Breeze at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists J Frank Breeze at 1154 Gilford Street. In 1940 the directory lists W G Breeze at 6568 Maple Street; 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 William G Breeze there as the householder, proprietor of W G Breeze & Co, with John E Breeze, an assistant at UBC, and W Francis Breeze.
Today
1154 Gilford still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox and 6568 Maple, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Breeze Helen nurse St Paul's Hosp1056 Comox, p. 64
- Breeze J Frank1154 Gilford, p. 64
- *Breeze W G6568 Maple, p. 111
- Breeze John E asst UBC6568 Maple, p. 64
- Breeze W Francis6568 Maple, p. 64
- Breeze Wm G prop W G Breeze & Co6568 Maple, p. 64
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Breezes
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.