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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brights

In the city directories 1940 · eleven people at nine addresses

The directories print eleven people named Bright at nine addresses in 1940 in six 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 Brights at 2458 East 3rd in 1940.

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Where the Brights 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

    1406 Davie Street

    West End, 1940

    • A K Bright 1940

    Next door in 1940: R J Wharton at 1442. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2458 East 3rd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • A J Bright, a postman 1940
    • Albert G Bright, a laborer 1940
    • Gordon J Bright, a laborer at Masterbilt Doors 1940

    Next door in 1940: G Marino at 2436 and A Potentier at 2466. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    636 East King Edward Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Edward Bright, a cook at the CNR 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Main at 626 and F Olynick at 646. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    436 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Alfred Bright, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: J P Hayes at 432 and Mrs M I Leslie at 438. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    2570 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • H Bright, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Beauty Salon French at 2530. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    4308 Kaslo Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • R H C Bright 1940

    Next door in 1940: W Karston at 4328. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1133 Melville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M J Bright, widow of G 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Palmer at 1129 and Melville Manor at 1149. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    4975 Moss Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J H Bright, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Trotter at 4959. The block, door by door

  9. 9

    1386 Nicola Street

    West End, 1940

    • Amy Bright, a nurse maid at D G Marshall 1940

    Next door in 1940: greythorpe apts at 1334. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the eleven: a laborer (2), a carpenter, a clerk, a cook, a nurse maid and a postman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Renfrew-Collingwood (2), West End (2), Fairview, Hastings-Sunrise and Riley Park. 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 A K Bright at 1406 Davie Street. A J Bright is listed at 2458 East 3rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Albert J Bright there as the householder, a postman, with Albert G Bright, a laborer, and Gordon J Bright, a laborer at Masterbilt Doors. The 1940 name section lists Edward Bright at 636 East King Edward Avenue, a cook at the CNR.

The 1940 name section lists Alfred Bright at 436 Helmcken Street, retired. H Bright is listed at 2570 Hemlock Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Henry Bright there as the householder, a clerk.

R H C Bright is listed at 4308 Kaslo 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 Robert H C Bright there as the householder. Mrs M J Bright, rooms to let, is listed at 1133 Melville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Martha J Bright there, widow of G.

J H Bright is listed at 4975 Moss Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John H Bright there as the householder, a carpenter. The 1940 name section lists Amy Bright at 1386 Nicola Street, a nurse maid at D G Marshall.

Today

2570 Hemlock and 1386 Nicola still have their buildings from before 1946, 1386 Nicola on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 636 East King Edward (1990), 1133 Melville (2020) and 4975 Moss (1980) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1406 Davie, 2458 East 3rd, 436 Helmcken and 4308 Kaslo, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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

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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.