A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey
The Burtons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at two addresses
The directories print three people named Burton at two addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, with the close spelling Bourton. 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 49 other streets too, all listed on the Burton name's own page.
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Where the Burtons lived
- 1
1466 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- H P A Burton, a food broker 1940
Next door in 1940: J Potter at 1446 and classic (the) at 1476. The block, door by door
- 2
1596 West 14th Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Mrs J Burton, widow of D 1940
- Violet Burton, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs C McRae at 1566. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for two of the three: a food broker and a saleswoman. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Fairview (2). 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 H P A Burton at 1466 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harold P A Burton there as the householder, a food broker. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs J Burton at 1596 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Jessie Burton there as the householder, widow of D, with Violet Burton, a saleswoman at the Hudson's Bay Company.
Today
1596 West 14th (2000) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1466 West 14th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 5 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burton H P A1466 West 14th, p. 216
- Burton Harold P A food broker 2, 550 Beatty1466 West 14th, p. 83
- Burton Mrs J1596 West 14th, p. 216
- Burton Jessie wid D compt opr1596 West 14th, p. 83
- Burton Violet slswm HBC1596 West 14th, p. 83
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section
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: 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.