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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brills

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Brill at four 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.

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Where the Brills 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

    1731 Commercial Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • C C Brill 1940

    Next door in 1940: Grandview Meat Mkt at 1729 and Dell's Ladies' Wear at 1733. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2266 Napier Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L J Brill 1940

    Next door in 1940: L Mura at 2250 and Mrs E Hodgson at 2274. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    7843 Osler Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J M Brill 1940

    Next door in 1940: D E Johnson at 7819. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2252 Venables Street

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • W W Brill 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Main at 2236 and J Edwards at 2258. The block, door by door

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland (3) and Marpole. 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 C C Brill at 1731 Commercial Drive. L J Brill is listed at 2266 Napier Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists J M Brill at 7843 Osler Street. W W Brill is listed at 2252 Venables Street in 1940.

Today

1731 Commercial Drive and 2252 Venables still have their buildings from before 1946; 2266 Napier (1985) and 7843 Osler (2009) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

A No. 4 streetcar and traffic on Commercial Drive at 2nd Avenue, looking north along the 1700 block
1927 A No. 4 streetcar and traffic on Commercial Drive at 2nd Avenue, looking north along the 1700 block. Taken on the 1700 block; it doesn't single out the house at 1731 Commercial Drive. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 105-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The book of the Brills

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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.