A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Burridges
In the city directories 1940 · four people at three addresses
The directories print four people named Burridge at three addresses in 1940 in three 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 Burridges lived
- 1
4697 Belmont Avenue
West Point Grey, 1940
- S C N Burridge 1940
Next door in 1940: S A Bligh at 4687. The block, door by door
- 2
1775 West 11th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- S W Burridge, an accountant 1940
Next door in 1940: J Russell at 1765 and J W Baird at 1785. The block, door by door
- 3
1961 West 44th Avenue
Kerrisdale, 1940
- A J Burridge, a sub station operator at the BC Electric Railway 1940
- John S Burridge, a student 1940
Next door in 1940: P L McCreery at 1955 and E A Morrow at 1969. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the four: an accountant and a sub station operator.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview, Kerrisdale 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
In 1940 the directory lists S C N Burridge at 4697 Belmont Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Sid C N Burridge there as the householder. In 1940 the directory lists S W Burridge at 1775 West 11th 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 Sid W Burridge there as the householder, an accountant.
In 1940 the directory lists A J Burridge at 1961 West 44th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur J Burridge there as the householder, a sub station operator at the BC Electric Railway, with John S Burridge, a student.
Today
1775 West 11th (1973) and 1961 West 44th (2003) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 4697 Belmont, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burridge S C N4697 Belmont, p. 12
- Burridge Sid C N4697 Belmont, p. 82
- *Burridge S W1775 West 11th, p. 204
- Burridge Sid W acct1775 West 11th, p. 82
- *Burridge A J1961 West 44th, p. 261
- Burridge Arth J sub sta opr BCER1961 West 44th, p. 82
- Burridge John S studt1961 West 44th, p. 82
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.