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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brenchleys

In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses

The directories print four people named Brenchley 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.

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Where the Brenchleys 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

    1275 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • A Brenchley, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C M Chadbourne at 1265 and D R Davis at 1285. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3262 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs C Brenchley, widow of R H 1940
    • Jean C Brenchley 1940

    Next door in 1940: L H Little at 3254 and A B Diffin at 3270. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1178 West 33rd Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • C R Brenchley, a sales manager at Neon Products 1940

    Next door in 1940: Dr R J Elvin at 1110 and G D Wilson at 1190. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for one of the four: a sales manager. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands, Fairview and Shaughnessy. 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 A Brenchley at 1275 West 12th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Arthur Brenchley there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs C Brenchley at 3262 West 23rd 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 lists Caroline Brenchley there as the householder, widow of R H, with Jean C Brenchley.

In 1940 the directory lists C R Brenchley at 1178 West 33rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Charles R Brenchley there as the householder, a sales manager at Neon Products.

Today

1275 West 12th, 3262 West 23rd and 1178 West 33rd still have their buildings from before 1946, 1275 West 12th on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

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, street section

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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.