A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Brynelsens
In the city directories 1940 · two people at one address
The directories print two people named Brynelsen at one address, 4345 John Street in Riley Park, in 1940.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Brynelsens at home
- 1
4345 John Street
Riley Park, 1940
- J Brynelsen, a student at UBC 1940
- Ernest I Brynelsen, proprietor of Briny Sea Foods 1940
Next door in 1940: J H Parker at 4337 and J Boyes at 4355. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the two: a proprietor.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in 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 J Brynelsen at 4345 John Street; 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 Brynelsen there as the householder, a patrolman at the BC Electric Railway, with John A Brynelsen, a student at UBC, and Ernest I Brynelsen, proprietor of Briny Sea Foods.
Today
4345 John still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 4 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
The book of the Brynelsens
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Brynelsen name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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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.