A family name on West 13th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Burnses
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Burns at three addresses in 1940, all on West 13th Avenue, 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
335 West 13th Avenue
Mount Pleasant, 1940
- Emma J Burns, widow of D J 1940
Next door in 1940: R A Story at 325 and Miss R L Mahrer at 345. The block, door by door
- 2
606 West 13th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Margaret Burns, widow of R 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E C Shewan at 616. The block, door by door
- 3
2860 West 13th Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Don A Burns, a millworker at BC Plywoods 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs N M McLean at 2850 and I Brown at 2866. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a millworker. Two are widows, listed under their own names.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Emma J Burns at 335 West 13th Avenue, widow of D J. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Burns at 606 West 13th Avenue, widow of R. The 1940 name section lists Don A Burns at 2860 West 13th Avenue, a millworker at BC Plywoods.
Today
335 West 13th still has its building from before 1946, dated 1912 by the City's record; 2860 West 13th (1994) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 606 West 13th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burns Emma J wid D J335 West 13th, p. 81
- Burns Margt wid R cook Van Genl Hosp606 West 13th, p. 82
- Burns Don A mlwkr BC Plywoods2860 West 13th, p. 81
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.