A family name on West 33rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Shaughnessy and Arbutus Ridge
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 West 33rd 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
1009 West 33rd Avenue
Shaughnessy, 1940
- W E Burns, a salesman at Pacific Veneer 1940
Next door in 1940: W H Grassie at 1003 and Mrs J Y Menzies at 1029. The block, door by door
- 2
2236 West 33rd Avenue
Arbutus Ridge, 1940
- A Burns, in meats 1940
- Robert Burns 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E McDiarmid at 2222 and R Newland at 2250. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a meats and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Arbutus Ridge and Shaughnessy. 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 W E Burns at 1009 West 33rd Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists William E Burns there as the householder, of Burns & Livingstone, with William E Burns Jr, a salesman at Pacific Veneer. In 1940 the directory lists A Burns at 2236 West 33rd 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 lists Alfred Burns there as the householder, in meats, with Robert Burns.
Today
2236 West 33rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1927 by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1009 West 33rd, so that building is 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 W E1009 West 33rd, p. 248
- Burns Wm E of Burns & Livingstone1009 West 33rd, p. 82
- Burns Wm E Jr slsmn Pac Veneer1009 West 33rd, p. 82
- *Burns A2236 West 33rd, p. 249
- Burns Alfd meats 2035 Granville2236 West 33rd, p. 81
- Burns Robt2236 West 33rd, 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.