A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Brickers
In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses
The directories print five people named Bricker at four 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 Brickers lived
- 1
1056 Comox Street
West End, 1940
- Rose Bricker, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital 1940
Next door in 1940: G P Campbell at 1070. The block, door by door
- 2
6584 Marguerite Street
Kerrisdale, 1940
- Joseph S Bricker, a dentist 1940
- Marion A Bricker, a student at UBC 1940
Next door in 1940: F Sick at 6576. The block, door by door
- 3
1536 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs I M Bricker, widow of J H 1940
Next door in 1940: R J Foster at 1512 and A P Joel at 1546. The block, door by door
- 4
925 West Georgia Street
Downtown, 1940
- J S Bricker, a dentist 1940
Next door in 1940: Lunch Sandwich at 915 and Macdonald's Prescriptions at 929. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a dentist and a nurse. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Downtown, Fairview, Kerrisdale and West End. 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 Rose Bricker at 1056 Comox Street, a nurse at the St Paul's Hospital. The 1940 name section lists Joseph S Bricker at 6584 Marguerite Street as the householder, a dentist, with Marion A Bricker, a student at UBC. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs I M Bricker at 1536 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ida M Bricker there as the householder, widow of J H.
In 1940 the directory lists J S Bricker, a dentist, at 925 West Georgia Street.
Today
1536 West 14th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1928 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1056 Comox, 6584 Marguerite and 925 West Georgia, 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.
- Bricker Rose nurse St Paul's Hosp1056 Comox, p. 65
- Bricker Jos S dentist 1513, 925 W Georgia6584 Marguerite, p. 65
- Bricker Marion A studt UBC6584 Marguerite, p. 65
- Bricker Mrs I M1536 West 14th, p. 216
- Bricker Ida M wid J H1536 West 14th, p. 65
- Bricker J S dentist925 West Georgia, p. 58
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Brickers
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bricker name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.