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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bruns

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at four addresses

The directories print eight people named Brun at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bruun. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: four Bruns at 4831 Joyce in 1940.

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Where the Bruns 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

    736 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E T Bruun, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    4831 Joyce Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • J B Brun, a logger 1940
    • Bernard S Brun, an apprentice at the Central Sheet Metal Works 1940
    • Bertha H Brun, a designer 1940
    • Eva M Brun, a sorter at Star Laundry 1940

    Next door in 1940: A M Clifford at 4825 and F D Simpson at 4853. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    915 Robson Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • E T Bruun, an accountant 1940

    Next door in 1940: Morgan & Paris at 911 and Arts Richmond at 919. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4517 West 14th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • Mrs C Brun, widow of R 1940
    • Frances Brun, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: L A Whittingham at 4515 and A H Allday at 4523. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the eight: an accountant, an apprentice, a designer, a logger, a saleswoman and a sorter. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Renfrew-Collingwood and West Point Grey. 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 E T Bruun, an accountant, at 736 Granville Street. J B Brun is listed at 4831 Joyce 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, where each person's work is printed, lists John B Brun there as the householder, a logger, with Bernard S Brun, an apprentice at the Central Sheet Metal Works, Bertha H Brun, a designer, and Eva M Brun, a sorter at Star Laundry.

E T Bruun is listed at 915 Robson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Ernest T Bruun there as the householder, an accountant. Mrs C Brun is listed at 4517 West 14th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Celesta Brun there as the householder, widow of R, with Frances Brun, a saleswoman.

Today

736 Granville and 4517 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 4831 Joyce and 915 Robson, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Road work on Joyce Street, looking south-west toward Carleton School
The 1910s Road work on Joyce Street, looking south-west toward Carleton School. Not at the house at 4831 Joyce: no archive photo of the 4800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, A-16-85. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Bruns

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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.