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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Burleys

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Burley at five 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 Burleys 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

    5577 Aberdeen Street

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • Jack Burley 1940

    Next door in 1940: A B Wisely at 5571 and J C Buchanan at 5595. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3537 Angus Drive

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • W S Burley, a president at BC Fir 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs S B Carswell at 3589. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1143 Haro Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs Martha A Burley 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Carter at 1135 and C E Brown at 1149. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    5638 Laburnum Street

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • N G B Burley, a president at B F K Co Ltd 1940

    Next door in 1940: G S Selman at 5612 and Mrs B Mair at 5662. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3237 West 35th Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • R L Burley, a clerk at Adam & Co 1940

    Next door in 1940: R C Hardie at 3227 and G C Sutherland at 3249. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a president (2) and a clerk.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Shaughnessy (2), Dunbar-Southlands, Renfrew-Collingwood 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 Jack Burley at 5577 Aberdeen Street. W S Burley is listed at 3537 Angus Drive 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 William S Burley there as the householder, a president at BC Fir. The 1940 name section lists Mrs Martha A Burley at 1143 Haro Street.

In 1940 the directory lists N G B Burley at 5638 Laburnum Street. The 1940 name section lists Norman G B Burley there as the householder, a president at B F K Co Ltd. In 1940 the directory lists R L Burley at 3237 West 35th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ron L Burley there as the householder, a clerk at Adam & Co.

Today

1143 Haro, 5638 Laburnum and 3237 West 35th still have their buildings from before 1946; 5577 Aberdeen (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3537 Angus Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive
1912 A man on a white horse at the first camp for clearing Shaughnessy, near Angus Drive. Not at the house at 3537 Angus Drive: no archive photo of the 3500 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, Dist P24.1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 8 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 Burleys

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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.