A family name in Vancouver's city directories
The Burtons
In the city directories 1940 · 55 addresses on 50 streets
The directories print the Burton name at 55 addresses on 50 streets in 1940, in 16 of the city's neighbourhoods, with the close spelling Bourton. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.
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Where the Burtons lived
- Grandview-Woodland7 addresses
- Kitsilano7 addresses
- Fairview5 addresses
- Riley Park5 addresses
- Downtown4 addresses
- West End4 addresses
- Dunbar-Southlands3 addresses
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage3 addresses
- Mount Pleasant3 addresses
- Arbutus Ridge2 addresses
- Hastings-Sunrise2 addresses
- Kerrisdale2 addresses
- Marpole2 addresses
- Shaughnessy2 addresses
- Victoria-Fraserview2 addresses
- West Point Grey2 addresses
Where the name was printed
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- 1West 2nd AvenueThree addresses in Kitsilano; three people: A Burton, T W Burton and William H Burton1940
- 2West King Edward AvenueThree addresses in Riley Park, Shaughnessy and Dunbar-Southlands; three people: C G Burton, J D Burton and J S Burton1940
- 3West 14th AvenueTwo addresses in Fairview; three people: H P A Burton, Mrs J Burton and Violet Burton1940
- 4Barclay StreetOne address in West End; one person: Mrs M S Burton1940
- 5Beatty StreetOne address in Downtown; one person: H P A Burton1940
- 6Broughton StreetOne address in West End; one person: Harry Burton1940
- 7Carolina StreetOne address in Mount Pleasant; one person: Edward Burton1940
- 8Charles StreetOne address in Hastings-Sunrise; one person: W Q Burton1940
- 9Commercial StreetOne address in Kensington-Cedar Cottage; one person: N J Bourton1940
- 10Cornwall AvenueOne address in Kitsilano; one person: P C Burton1940
- 11East 16th AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: J Burton1940
- 12East 18th AvenueOne address in Riley Park; one person: J Burton1940
38 more streets, by name: East 1st Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 40th Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 57th Avenue (1), East 6th Avenue (1), East Hastings Street (1), East King Edward Avenue (1), Eton Street (1), Gilford Street (1), Graveley Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Hemlock Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Maple Street (1), Powell Street (1), Prince Edward Street (1), Richards Street (1), Shaughnessy Street (1), Thurlow Street (1), Venables Street (1), West 11th Avenue (1), West 13th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 20th Avenue (1), West 28th Avenue (1), West 31st Avenue (1), West 34th Avenue (1), West 3rd Avenue (1), West 41st Avenue (1), West 44th Avenue (1), West 64th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West Broadway (1), West Hastings Street (1), William Street (1), Yew Street (1).
Today
By the City's record, of the 55 addresses, 20 still have their buildings from before 1946, 15 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 20; each street's page names them.
The book of the Burtons
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Burton 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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Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under B. Want a name removed? Tell us.