A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview 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 3rd 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.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Burnses lived
- 1
1872 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- Chester Burns 1940
Next door in 1940: E W Chappell at 1864 and Miss H L Murphy at 1876. The block, door by door
- 2
1942 West 3rd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- John Burns 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs M Wheatley at 1938 and R D Dery at 1948. The block, door by door
- 3
4522 West 3rd Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- Michael Burns, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: M A Cameron at 4528. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (2) and West Point Grey. 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 Chester Burns at 1872 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John Burns at 1942 West 3rd Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Michael Burns at 4522 West 3rd Avenue, retired.
Today
1942 West 3rd and 4522 West 3rd still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 1872 West 3rd, 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 Chester1872 West 3rd, p. 81
- Burns John1942 West 3rd, p. 81
- Burns Michl retired4522 West 3rd, p. 82
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.