A family name on West 2nd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Burtons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at three addresses
The directories print three people named Burton at three addresses in 1940, all on West 2nd Avenue, with the close spelling Bourton. 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 49 other streets too, all listed on the Burton name's own page.
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Where the Burtons lived
- 1
1867 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- T W Burton, a salesman 1940
Next door in 1940: C Wiersema at 1857 and A Burton at 1879. The block, door by door
- 2
1879 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- A Burton, a janitor at the BC Telephone 1940
Next door in 1940: T W Burton at 1867 and Mrs D Small at 1889. The block, door by door
- 3
2182 West 2nd Avenue
Kitsilano, 1940
- William H Burton, a postman 1940
Next door in 1940: H V Walker at 2172 and W MacDonald at 2196. The block, door by door
What they did
The name section prints a trade for all three: a janitor, a postman and a salesman.
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Kitsilano (3). 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 T W Burton at 1867 West 2nd 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 Thomas W Burton there as the householder, a salesman. In 1940 the directory lists A Burton at 1879 West 2nd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Alfred Burton there as the householder, a janitor at the BC Telephone.
The 1940 name section lists William H Burton at 2182 West 2nd Avenue, a postman.
Today
2182 West 2nd (1959) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1867 West 2nd and 1879 West 2nd, so those buildings are 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 T W1867 West 2nd, p. 176
- Burton Thos W slsmn1867 West 2nd, p. 83
- *Burton A1879 West 2nd, p. 176
- Burton Alfd jntr BC Tel1879 West 2nd, p. 83
- Burton Wm H postmn2182 West 2nd, 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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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.