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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brices

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Brice at five 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 Brices 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

    1056 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • Ailsa I Brice, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940

    Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    211 East 38th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • J Brice, a glazier at Bogardus-Wickens 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Bremner at 219. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    5661 Laburnum Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • J A Brice, a secretary at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Goode at 5637. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1906 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Brice (no first name printed), a widow 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A S Hobson at 1928. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3025 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • L C Brice, on active service 1940

    Next door in 1940: H D Sheldon at 3007 and T D Thompson at 3057. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the five: a glazier, a nurse, an on active service and a secretary. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in West End (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park 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

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Ailsa I Brice at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. J Brice is listed at 211 East 38th Avenue 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 Brice there as the householder, a glazier at Bogardus-Wickens.

J A Brice is listed at 5661 Laburnum Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Brice there as the householder, a secretary at the BC Electric Railway. The 1940 name section lists Brice (no first name printed) at 1906 Nelson Street, a widow.

In 1940 the directory lists L C Brice at 3025 West 39th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Leslie C Brice there as the householder, on active service.

Today

211 East 38th and 5661 Laburnum still have their buildings from before 1946; 1906 Nelson (1959) and 3025 West 39th (2013) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Brices

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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.