A family name on East 15th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Kensington-Cedar Cottage and Renfrew-Collingwood
The Burnses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Burns at two addresses in 1940, all on East 15th Avenue, 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 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
66 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J G Burns, a branch manager at Pacific Meat 1940
- Lillian O Burns 1940
Next door in 1940: J L Poole at 46. The block, door by door
- 2
374 East 15th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- J W Burns, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway 1940
Next door in 1940: W Rolston at 368 and R O Crull at 380. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a branch manager and a motorman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Mount Pleasant (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 G Burns at 66 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John G Burns there as the householder, a branch manager at Pacific Meat, with Lillian O Burns. In 1940 the directory lists J W Burns at 374 East 15th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John W Burns there as the householder, a motorman at the BC Electric Railway.
Today
66 East 15th (1961) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 374 East 15th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burns J G66 East 15th, p. 218
- Burns John G br mgr Pac Meat66 East 15th, p. 81
- Burns Lillian O66 East 15th, p. 82
- Burns J W374 East 15th, p. 218
- Burns John W mtrmn BCER374 East 15th, 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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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.