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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bryanses

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Bryans at three 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 Bryanses 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

    818 Burrard Street

    West End, 1940

    • F Bryans, who kept rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs C Reeve at 816 and Mrs H Roberts at 832. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    2461 East 2nd Avenue

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • W H Bryans, proprietor of Cedar Cove Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: C H Baker at 2445. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    723 Hamilton Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Bryans, a laborer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M J Richardson at 721. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a laborer and a proprietor.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise 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

In 1940 the directory lists F Bryans, rooms to let, at 818 Burrard Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick Bryans there, who kept rooms to let. In 1940 the directory lists W H Bryans at 2461 East 2nd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William H Bryans there as the householder, proprietor of Cedar Cove Barber Shop.

The 1940 name section lists William Bryans at 723 Hamilton Street, a laborer.

Today

The City no longer lists 818 Burrard, 2461 East 2nd and 723 Hamilton, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street
1942 Shriners in striped robes marching in a parade on Burrard Street. Not at the house at 818 Burrard: no archive photo of the 800 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 1184-1239. Public domain.

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, street section

The book of the Bryanses

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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.