Vancouver / Names / B / Burwell

A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Burwells

In the city directories 1940 · five people at five addresses

The directories print five people named Burwell at five addresses in 1940 in two of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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.

Where the Burwells lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    828 Dunsmuir Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs M Burwell, a manager at Consolidated Furriers 1940

    Next door in 1940: Angelus Conf at 832. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    718 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W K Burwell, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Birks H & Sons (BC) Ltd at 710 and scott's cafe at 722. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1058 Nelson Street

    West End, 1940

    • Mrs M M Burwell, widow of H M 1940

    Next door in 1940: Star Garage at 1042 and L E Collum at 1070. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    955 Thurlow Street

    West End, 1940

    • Dr W K Burwell, a physician 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs I Esch at 921 and H Aird at 989. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    837 West Hastings Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • W K Burwell, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: V E K Weldie at 833. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a manager and a physician. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (3) and West End (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 Mrs M Burwell at 828 Dunsmuir Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Marguerite A Burwell there as the householder, a manager at Consolidated Furriers. In 1940 the directory lists W K Burwell, a physician, at 718 Granville Street.

Mrs M M Burwell is listed at 1058 Nelson Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Maude M Burwell there as the householder, widow of H M. Dr W K Burwell is listed at 955 Thurlow Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists W Keith Burwell there as the householder, a physician.

The 1940 name section lists W K Burwell at 837 West Hastings Street, retired.

Today

1058 Nelson and 955 Thurlow still have their buildings from before 1946, 1058 Nelson on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 837 West Hastings (1998) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 828 Dunsmuir and 718 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 8 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Burwells

Every directory, as one book

The family book reads the Burwell 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.

We're opening orders soon. Join the list to be first in line; we expect about $29 a family.

One email, when it's ready. We use your email for nothing else and never share it. Privacy

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.