A family name on Angus Drive, Kerrisdale, Shaughnessy and Marpole
The Burnses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at two addresses
The directories print five people named Burns at two addresses in 1940, all on Angus Drive, with the close spelling Bourns. 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: four Burnses at 4326 Angus Drive in 1940. The directories print the name on 63 other streets too, all listed on the Burns name's own page.
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Where the Burnses lived
- 1
1403 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- J Burns, a manufacturers agent 1940
Next door in 1940: H Reifel at 1451. The block, door by door
- 2
4326 Angus Drive
Shaughnessy, 1940
- K J Burns, a port manager at the National Harbours Board 1940
- A Victor Burns, a stenographer at the CPR 1940
- Barbara M Burns, a stenographer at General Securities 1940
- K Crawford Burns, a traffic representative at the Trans-Canada Air Lines 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E A McNeely at 4312 and G F Gyles at 4362. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all five: a stenographer (2), a manufacturers agent, a port manager and a traffic representative.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Shaughnessy (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 J Burns at 1403 Angus Drive; 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 John Burns there as the householder, a manufacturers agent. In 1940 the directory lists K J Burns at 4326 Angus Drive; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Ken J Burns there as the householder, a port manager at the National Harbours Board, with A Victor Burns, a stenographer at the CPR, Barbara M Burns, a stenographer at General Securities, and K Crawford Burns, a traffic representative at the Trans-Canada Air Lines.
Today
4326 Angus Drive (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1403 Angus Drive, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Burns J1403 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Burns John mfrs agt 329 Railway1403 Angus Drive, p. 81
- *Burns K J4326 Angus Drive, p. 5
- Burns A Victor sten CPR4326 Angus Drive, p. 81
- Burns Barbara M sten Genl Securities4326 Angus Drive, p. 81
- Burns K Crawford traffic rep Trans-Canada Air Lines4326 Angus Drive, p. 82
- Burns Ken J port mgr NHB4326 Angus Drive, p. 82
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Burnses
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Burns 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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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.