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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Burnetts

In the city directories 1940 · 52 addresses on 48 streets

The directories print the Burnett name at 52 addresses on 48 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spellings Burnet and Burnette. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Burnetts lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown8 addresses
  2. Fairview6 addresses
  3. Kitsilano6 addresses
  4. West End6 addresses
  5. Dunbar-Southlands4 addresses
  6. Riley Park4 addresses
  7. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  8. West Point Grey3 addresses
  9. Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
  10. Grandview-Woodland2 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  12. Renfrew-Collingwood2 addresses
  13. Kensington-Cedar Cottage1 address
  14. Kerrisdale1 address
  15. South Cambie1 address
  16. Sunset1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    West 11th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; four people: K H Burnet, Bertha I Burnett and Elizabeth N Burnett, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 12th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; four people: G Burnett, W B Burnett and Dorothy A Burnett, and one more
    1940
  3. 3
    West 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Kitsilano; four people: W J Burnett, W R Burnett and Joan A Burnett, and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    Alberta StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; two people: Annie E Burnett and Rosina Burnett
    1940
  5. 5
    Alder StreetOne address in Fairview; one person: K L Burnet
    1940
  6. 6
    Angus DriveOne address in Kerrisdale; one person: A E Burnett
    1940
  7. 7
    Barclay StreetOne address in West End; two people: Mrs A L Burnett and Chester G Burnett
    1940
  8. 8
    Burrard StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: H W Burnett
    1940
  9. 9
    Bute StreetOne address in West End; one person: Florence M Burnett
    1940
  10. 10
    East 15th AvenueOne address in Renfrew-Collingwood; one person: C J Burnett
    1940
  11. 11
    East 35th AvenueOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: Mrs S E Burnett
    1940
  12. 12
    East 39th AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: J C Burnett
    1940

36 more streets, by name: East 54th Avenue (1), East Pender Street (1), Granville Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Homer Street (1), Hornby Street (1), Howe Street (1), James Street (1), Jervis Street (1), Laurel Street (1), Mayfair Avenue (1), Nicola Street (1), Pacific Street (1), Pendrell Street (1), Picton Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Quebec Street (1), Richards Street (1), Scotia Street (1), Turner Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 14th Avenue (1), West 16th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West Hastings Street (1), West Pender Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 52 addresses, 19 still have their buildings from before 1946, 13 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.