A family name on East 3rd Avenue, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant and Hastings-Sunrise
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 East 3rd 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 most under one roof: three Burnses at 2069 East 3rd 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
2069 East 3rd Avenue
Grandview-Woodland, 1940
- T Burns, a carpenter 1940
- Linda Burns, a stenographer 1940
- Lloyd R A Burns, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: W M Ritchie at 2061 and A Duncan at 2075. The block, door by door
- 2
2985 East 3rd Avenue
Hastings-Sunrise, 1940
- Mrs Burns 1940
- Burns (no first name printed) 1940
Next door in 1940: W Allan at 2979. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a carpenter, a millworker and a stenographer.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Grandview-Woodland and Hastings-Sunrise. 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 T Burns at 2069 East 3rd Avenue; 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 Thomas Burns there as the householder, a carpenter, with Linda Burns, a stenographer, and Lloyd R A Burns, a millworker at BC Plywoods. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs Burns at 2985 East 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Burns (no first name printed) there as the householder.
Today
2985 East 3rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1913 by the City's record; 2069 East 3rd (2013) has a newer building, by the City's record.
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- *Burns T2069 East 3rd, p. 178
- Burns Linda sten2069 East 3rd, p. 82
- Burns Lloyd R A mlwkr BC Plywoods2069 East 3rd, p. 82
- Burns Thos carp2069 East 3rd, p. 82
- Burns Mrs2985 East 3rd, p. 178
- Burns Mrs —2985 East 3rd, p. 81
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.