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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Bryentons

In the city directories 1940 · four people at four addresses

The directories print four people named Bryenton at four addresses in 1940 in four 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 Bryentons 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

    1853 Cotton Drive

    Grandview-Woodland, 1940

    • L E Bryenton, an attendant at Grandview Motors 1940

    Next door in 1940: J Robertson at 1845. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    199 East 17th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • Mrs Cath Bryenton, a housekeeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Stirton at 197. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3824 West 20th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C M Bryenton, an agent for London Life 1940

    Next door in 1940: F H Teefel at 3820 and H J Hayden at 3836. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1025 West Pender Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Charles E Bryenton, an inspector at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mining Reward at 1021 and Town Hall at 1027. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all four: an agent, an attendant, a housekeeper and an inspector.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Dunbar-Southlands, Grandview-Woodland and Riley Park. 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 L E Bryenton at 1853 Cotton Drive. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Leighton E Bryenton there as the householder, an attendant at Grandview Motors. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Cath Bryenton at 199 East 17th Avenue, a housekeeper.

C M Bryenton is listed at 3824 West 20th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles M Bryenton there as the householder, an agent for London Life. The 1940 name section lists Charles E Bryenton at 1025 West Pender Street, an inspector at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau.

Today

199 East 17th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record; 3824 West 20th (1976) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1853 Cotton Drive and 1025 West Pender, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.