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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Burpees

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Burpee at four addresses in 1940 in four of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Burpees lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    847 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W W Burpee, a shoe repairer 1940
    • W Spencer Burpee, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A Mizen at 827. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    730 East Broadway

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • Ida M Burpee, a housekeeper for Mrs K MacLennan 1940
    • Minnie A Burpee, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J A Smith at 720 and Knitting Mills Heather at 734. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    4234 Fraser Street

    Riley Park, 1940

    • W W Burpee, a shoe repairer 1940

    Next door in 1940: Harry's Store at 4210 and A H Buckmaster at 4238. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1644 Nanton Avenue

    Shaughnessy, 1940

    • G B Burpee, a general passenger agent at the CPR 1940

    Next door in 1940: A J Linforth at 1632 and Mrs W A Radcliffe at 1656. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the six: a clerk, a general passenger agent, a housekeeper, a nurse and a shoe repairer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Mount Pleasant, Riley Park 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 W Burpee at 847 East 28th 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 Ward W Burpee there as the householder, a shoe repairer, with W Spencer Burpee, a clerk. The 1940 name section lists Ida M Burpee at 730 East Broadway, a housekeeper for Mrs K MacLennan, with Minnie A Burpee, a nurse. W W Burpee, a shoe repairer, is listed at 4234 Fraser Street in 1940.

In 1940 the directory lists G B Burpee at 1644 Nanton Avenue. The 1940 name section lists G Bruce Burpee there as the householder, a general passenger agent at the CPR.

Today

1644 Nanton still has its building from before 1946, dated 1924 by the City's record; 847 East 28th (1964) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 730 East Broadway and 4234 Fraser, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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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.