A family name on Trinity Street, Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodland
The Bruces
In the city directories 1940 · six people at two addresses
The directories print six people named Bruce at two addresses in 1940, all on Trinity Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: five Bruces at 2452 Trinity in 1940. The directories print the name on 48 other streets too, all listed on the Bruce name's own page.
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Where the Bruces lived
- 1
2452 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- J T Bruce, a carpenter 1940
- J Alexena Bruce, a clerk at the BC Government 1940
- J Alister Bruce, a clerk at the Terminal Dock 1940
- Kathleen O Bruce, a stenographer 1940
- Mona E Bruce, who worked for the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: C T Holdgate at 2442 and H Gilligan at 2476. The block, door by door
- 2
3641 Trinity Street
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Walter Bruce, a mechanic at Imperial Oil 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs H Lamb at 3627 and W A Hyndman at 3655. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all six: a clerk (2), a carpenter, an employee, a mechanic and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Hastings-Sunrise (2). 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 J T Bruce at 2452 Trinity Street; 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John T Bruce there as the householder, a carpenter, with J Alexena Bruce, a clerk at the BC Government, J Alister Bruce, a clerk at the Terminal Dock, Kathleen O Bruce, a stenographer, and Mona E Bruce, who worked for the BC Telephone. The 1940 name section lists Walter Bruce at 3641 Trinity Street, a mechanic at Imperial Oil.
Today
3641 Trinity (1988) has a newer building, by the City's record; for 2452 Trinity, its page says what we could and couldn't match to today's buildings.
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Bruce J T2452 Trinity, p. 157
- Bruce J Alexena clk BC Govt2452 Trinity, p. 75
- Bruce J Alister clk Term Dock2452 Trinity, p. 75
- Bruce John T carp2452 Trinity, p. 76
- Bruce Kathleen O sten2452 Trinity, p. 76
- Bruce Mona E emp BC Tel2452 Trinity, p. 76
- Bruce Walter mech Imp Oil3641 Trinity, p. 76
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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: 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.