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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Burnses

In the city directories 1940 · 87 addresses on 64 streets

The directories print the Burns name at 87 addresses on 64 streets in 1940, in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bourns. 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 Burnses 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. Downtown13 addresses
  2. Kitsilano13 addresses
  3. Dunbar-Southlands8 addresses
  4. Grandview-Woodland8 addresses
  5. Fairview7 addresses
  6. Riley Park5 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy5 addresses
  8. West End5 addresses
  9. Mount Pleasant4 addresses
  10. Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
  11. South Cambie3 addresses
  12. Strathcona3 addresses
  13. Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
  14. Marpole2 addresses
  15. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  16. Kerrisdale1 address
  17. Oakridge1 address
  18. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address
  19. Victoria-Fraserview1 address
  20. West Point Grey1 address

Where the name was printed

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

  1. 1
    Granville StreetFive addresses in Downtown and Fairview; five people: A R Burns, A Burns, C Burns and two more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 13th AvenueThree addresses in Mount Pleasant, Fairview and Kitsilano; three people: Don A Burns, Emma J Burns and Margaret Burns
    1940
  3. 3
    West 15th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; four people: J Burns, J Burns, W L Burns and one more
    1940
  4. 4
    West 3rd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano and West Point Grey; three people: Chester Burns, John Burns and Michael Burns
    1940
  5. 5
    Angus DriveTwo addresses in Shaughnessy; five people: J Burns, K J Burns, A Victor Burns and two more
    1940
  6. 6
    Burrard StreetTwo addresses in West End and Downtown; two people: Leslie Burns and Mrs M Burns
    1940
  7. 7
    East 15th AvenueTwo addresses in Mount Pleasant; three people: J G Burns, J W Burns and Lillian O Burns
    1940
  8. 8
    East 3rd AvenueTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise; five people: T Burns, Burns (no first name printed), Linda Burns and two more
    1940
  9. 9
    Haro StreetTwo addresses in West End; four people: J F Burns, Barbara M Burns, Charles G Burns and one more
    1940
  10. 10
    Kitchener StreetTwo addresses in Grandview-Woodland; two people: R M Burns and Lloyd C Burns
    1940
  11. 11
    Oak StreetTwo addresses in South Cambie and Marpole; two people: G Burns and M R Burns
    1940
  12. 12
    West 11th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview and Kitsilano; two people: Mrs G T Burns and Minnie Burns
    1940

52 more streets, by name: Abbott Street (1), Bayswater Street (1), Bute Street (1), Cardero Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Davie Street (1), Dunbar Street (1), East 19th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 26th Avenue (1), East 28th Avenue (1), East 38th Avenue (1), East 4th Avenue (1), East 59th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Cordova Street (1), East Hastings Street (1), Elgin Street (1), Heather Street (1), Homer Street (1), Howe Street (1), John Street (1), Laurier Avenue (1), McLean Drive (1), Napier Street (1), Nelson Street (1), Railway Street (1), Richards Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Union Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 10th Avenue (1), West 18th Avenue (2), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (2), West 20th Avenue (1), West 21st Avenue (1), West 22nd Avenue (1), West 27th Avenue (2), West 2nd Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 33rd Avenue (2), West 39th Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 55th Avenue (1), West 57th Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 62nd Avenue (1), West 8th Avenue (2), West Broadway (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 87 addresses, 32 still have their buildings from before 1946, one has a building standing whose year the City doesn't record, 21 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 33; each street's page names them.

The book of the Burnses

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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.