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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Brynildsens

In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses

The directories print three people named Brynildsen 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 Brynildsens lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • R K Brynildsen, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    6607 Vine Street

    Kerrisdale, 1940

    • Dean F Brynildsen, a store keeper 1940

    Next door in 1940: C R Scarr at 6621. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1040 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • Robert K Brynildsen, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: McDermott Motors Ltd at 1018 and Begg Motor Co Ltd (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a physician and a store keeper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown, Kerrisdale 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 R K Brynildsen, a physician, at 718 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Dean F Brynildsen at 6607 Vine Street, a store keeper. The 1940 name section lists Robert K Brynildsen at 1040 West Georgia Street as the householder, a physician.

Today

6607 Vine still has its building from before 1946, dated 1926 by the City's record; 1040 West Georgia (1985) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 718 Granville, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 718 Granville: no archive photo of the 700 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 3 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 Brynildsens

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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.