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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brunks

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Brunk at three 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 Brunks 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

    403 East Hastings Street

    Strathcona, 1940

    • Arthur J Brunk 1940

    Next door in 1940: collins u drive ltd at 417. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2625 Hemlock Street

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs A Brunk 1940
  3. 3

    1425 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss A V Brunk, widow of A J of Modern Corsetry 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Day at 1415 and Mrs M A Miller at 1433. The block, door by door

What they did

One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2) and Strathcona. 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 Arthur J Brunk at 403 East Hastings Street. Mrs A Brunk is listed at 2625 Hemlock Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Alice Brunk there as the householder.

Miss A V Brunk is listed at 1425 West 12th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Alexa V Brunk there as the householder, widow of A J of Modern Corsetry.

Today

403 East Hastings and 2625 Hemlock still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1425 West 12th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 5 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

The book of the Brunks

Every directory, as one book

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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.