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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bruntons

In the city directories 1940 · seven people at five addresses

The directories print seven people named Brunton at five addresses in 1940 in three 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 Bruntons 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

    1308 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Harold Brunton 1940

    Next door in 1940: C Foster at 1306 and E L Bourne at 1342. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2240 Kingsway

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Miss L J Brunton 1940
    • Louise J Brunton, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver 1940

    Next door in 1940: F J Pratt at 2234. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3852 West 19th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R B Brunton, of Canada Garage 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Morris at 3848 and F W Townrow at 3860. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    2952 West 39th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R Brunton, a civil engineer 1940
    • Mary D Brunton, an operator at the BC Telephone 1940

    Next door in 1940: J M Robinson at 2936 and Mrs E F Mulligan at 2958. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4658 Windsor Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • Frederick M Brunton, a school teacher at Richmond Municipality 1940

    Next door in 1940: H Stolle at 4648. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the seven: a school teacher (2), a civil engineer and an operator.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2) and West End. 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 Harold Brunton at 1308 Haro Street. Miss L J Brunton is listed at 2240 Kingsway in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Louise J Brunton there as the householder, a school teacher at the City of Vancouver.

R B Brunton is listed at 3852 West 19th Avenue 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 lists Robert B Brunton there as the householder, of Canada Garage. R Brunton is listed at 2952 West 39th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Robert Brunton there as the householder, a civil engineer, with Mary D Brunton, an operator at the BC Telephone.

The 1940 name section lists Frederick M Brunton at 4658 Windsor Street, a school teacher at Richmond Municipality.

Today

3852 West 19th and 4658 Windsor still have their buildings from before 1946, 4658 Windsor on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 2240 Kingsway (1997) and 2952 West 39th (2008) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1308 Haro, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 9 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 Bruntons

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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.