A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Bruces
In the city directories 1940 · 55 addresses on 49 streets
The directories print the Bruce name at 55 addresses on 49 streets in 1940, in 15 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Bruces lived
- Grandview-Woodland5 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise5 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Strathcona5 addresses
- West End5 addresses
- Fairview4 addresses
- Kitsilano4 addresses
- Mount Pleasant4 addresses
- Downtown3 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
- Kerrisdale1 address
Where the name was printed
The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.
- 1East 8th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant; five people: A Bruce, J W Bruce and Campbell Bruce, and two more1940
- 2Barclay StreetTwo addresses in West End; two people: Alfred E Bruce and David H Bruce1940
- 3East 19th AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: A R Bruce and Viola Bruce1940
- 4Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown; two people: David Bruce and Emily Bruce1940
- 5Trinity StreetTwo addresses in Hastings-Sunrise; six people: J T Bruce, J Alexena Bruce and J Alister Bruce, and three more1940
- 6Abbott StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: R Bruce1940
- 7Alexander StreetOne address in Strathcona; one person: Alex Bruce1940
- 8Bellevue DriveOne address in West Point Grey; one person: G Bruce1940
- 9Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Sarah M Bruce1940
- 10Chester StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: E H Bruce1940
- 11East 11th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; two people: J G Bruce and Thomas R Bruce1940
- 12East 14th AvenueOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: G Bruce1940
37 more streets, by name: East 22nd Avenue (1), East 24th Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East Georgia Street (1), Franklin Street (1), Grant Street (1), Haro Street (1), John Street (1), Keefer Street (1), Kingsway (1), Lillooet Street (1), Main Street (1), Mannering Avenue (1), McSpadden Avenue (1), Parker Street (1), Renfrew Street (1), Robson Street (1), Slocan Street (1), Vernon Drive (1), Wall Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 23rd Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 36th Avenue (1), West 37th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), Windermere Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 55 addresses, 25 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 14 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 15; each street's page names them.
The book of the Bruces
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Bruce 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 (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.