A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole
The Burnses
In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses
The directories print five people named Burns at five addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street, with the close spelling Bourns. No first name or initials tie one address to another: 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
736 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- D (estate) Burns 1940
Next door in 1940: Nippon Silk Co at 732 and Mayfair Style Shop at 738. The block, door by door
- 2
1125 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- C Burns, a burner at the Burrard Dry Dock 1940
Next door in 1940: Hemenway & Son at 1123 and L N Gowdy at 1127. The block, door by door
- 3
1140 Granville Street
Downtown, 1940
- Patrick Burns 1940
Next door in 1940: Cut Rate Furn at 1138. The block, door by door
- 4
2035 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- A Burns, in meats 1940
Next door in 1940: C A Faris at 2033 and Whitefoot Shoe Renew at 2039. The block, door by door
- 5
2425 Granville Street
Fairview, 1940
- A R Burns, a steelworker at Hamilton Bridge 1940
Next door in 1940: Keen's at 2421 and H G Finch at 2427. The block, door by door
The story, address by address
In 1940 the directory lists D (estate) Burns at 736 Granville Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists C Burns at 1125 Granville Street, a burner at the Burrard Dry Dock. The 1940 name section lists Patrick Burns at 1140 Granville Street. A Burns, in meats, is listed at 2035 Granville Street in 1940.
In 1940 the directory lists A R Burns at 2425 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists Arthur R Burns there as the householder, a steelworker at Hamilton Bridge.
Today
736 Granville and 1125 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1140 Granville, 2035 Granville and 2425 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 6 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burns D (estate)736 Granville, p. 65
- Burns C burner Burrard Dry Dock1125 Granville, p. 81
- Burns Patk1140 Granville, p. 82
- Burns A meats2035 Granville, p. 67
- Burns A R2425 Granville, p. 67
- Burns Arth R stlwkr Hamilton Bridge2425 Granville, p. 81
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
The book of the Burnses
Every directory, as one book
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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.