A family name on West 3rd Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey
The Burtons
In the city directories 1940 · three people at one address
The directories print three people named Burton at one address, 1600 West 3rd Avenue in Fairview, in 1940, with the close spelling Bourton. The directories print the name on 49 other streets too, all listed on the Burton name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
The Burtons at home
- 1
1600 West 3rd Avenue
Fairview, 1940
- Margaret Burton, widow of T 1940
- Ned Burton, a millworker 1940
- Russell Burton 1940
What they did
The name section prints a trade for one of the three: a millworker. One is a widow, listed under her own name.
Their neighbourhoods
The address is in Fairview. 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
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Margaret Burton at 1600 West 3rd Avenue, widow of T, with Ned Burton, a millworker, and Russell Burton.
Today
The City no longer lists 1600 West 3rd, so that building is probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 3 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Burton Margt wid T1600 West 3rd, p. 83
- Burton Ned mlwkr1600 West 3rd, p. 83
- Burton Russell1600 West 3rd, p. 83
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
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.