A family name on West 15th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Burnetts
In the city directories 1940 · four people at two addresses
The directories print four people named Burnett at two addresses in 1940, all on West 15th Avenue, with the close spellings Burnet and Burnette. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Burnetts at 1916 West 15th in 1940. The directories print the name on 47 other streets too, all listed on the Burnett name's own page.
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Where the Burnetts lived
- 1
1916 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W J Burnett 1940
- Joan A Burnett, a stenographer at Pacific Bolt 1940
- Margaret Burnett, a stenographer at Diethers 1940
Next door in 1940: W E Law at 1906 and A F Barton at 1926. The block, door by door
- 2
3225 West 15th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- W R Burnett 1940
Next door in 1940: I Walden at 3205 and J H A Wallace at 3271. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: a stenographer (2).
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2). 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 J Burnett at 1916 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Walter J Burnett there as the householder, with Joan A Burnett, a stenographer at Pacific Bolt, and Margaret Burnett, a stenographer at Diethers. In 1940 the directory lists W R Burnett at 3225 West 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William R Burnett there as the householder.
Today
1916 West 15th and 3225 West 15th still have their buildings from before 1946.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burnett W J1916 West 15th, p. 220
- Burnett Joan A sten Pac Bolt1916 West 15th, p. 81
- Burnett Margt sten Diethers1916 West 15th, p. 81
- Burnett Walter J Ingshmn1916 West 15th, p. 81
- Burnett W R3225 West 15th, p. 220
- Burnett Wm R3225 West 15th, p. 81
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Burnetts
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Burnett 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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Another name, or a house
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.