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The Burmans

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at eight addresses

The directories print nine people named Burman at eight addresses in 1940 in six 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 Burmans 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

    3255 Clive Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • W T Burman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: A Burman at 3281. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3256 Clive Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A E Burman, a mechanic at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: E F Shoove at 3240. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3281 Clive Avenue

    Renfrew-Collingwood, 1940

    • A Burman, a bricklayer at BC Sugar 1940

    Next door in 1940: W T Burman at 3255. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    526 East 16th Avenue

    Riley Park, 1940

    • A Burman, an upholsterer 1940
    • Maybelle L Burman 1940

    Next door in 1940: Campbell (no first name printed) at 520 and Miss G M Stevens at 532. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    144 East Cordova Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Axel Burman, a carpenter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Fishermen's Union United at 138 and Peterson & Cowan Elev at 150. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1352 Nanaimo Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • J Burman, proprietor of Nanaimo Barber Shop 1940

    Next door in 1940: P Lowe at 1350 and E E Scales at 1360. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    2946 Ontario Street

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A Burman, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940

    Next door in 1940: J O'Brien at 2940. The block, door by door

  8. 8

    2517 Vine Street

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • A C Burman, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: connaught apts at 2515 and L J Ould at 2521. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for six of the nine: a bricklayer, a carpenter, a mechanic, a motorman, a proprietor and an upholsterer. Two of them worked for BC Sugar.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Renfrew-Collingwood (3), Downtown, Hastings-Sunrise, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant 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 W T Burman at 3255 Clive Avenue; 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 William T Burman there as the householder, retired. In 1940 the directory lists A E Burman at 3256 Clive Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur E Burman there as the householder, a mechanic at BC Sugar.

In 1940 the directory lists A Burman at 3281 Clive Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Burman there as the householder, a bricklayer at BC Sugar. In 1940 the directory lists A Burman at 526 East 16th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Burman there as the householder, an upholsterer, with Maybelle L Burman.

The 1940 name section lists Axel Burman at 144 East Cordova Street, a carpenter. J Burman is listed at 1352 Nanaimo Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists John Burman there as the householder, proprietor of Nanaimo Barber Shop.

A Burman is listed at 2946 Ontario Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Albert Burman there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway. A C Burman is listed at 2517 Vine Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Abraham C Burman there as the householder, retired.

Today

2946 Ontario still has its building from before 1946, dated 1914 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 526 East 16th (2004) and 144 East Cordova (2005) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3255 Clive, 3256 Clive, 3281 Clive, 1352 Nanaimo and 2517 Vine, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 16 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.